Definition of Items and Par Locations for a POU Supplier Integration

All item and par location data is set up and maintained in the PeopleSoft system. However, a successful integration with a POU supplier depends on understanding how the POU supplier system uses the fields that you define in the PeopleSoft system. Here are two important points to keep in mind:

• The charge code and the usage tracking method (charge type) are required fields for every item in the par location for use with POU supplier systems.

  Because the POU suppliers pass patient usage information directly to a patient billing system, these two pieces of information are vital. Both fields are part of the par location definition created in the Par Location Definition component, and they are included in the par location data that PeopleSoft Inventory sends to the POU supplier system.

• The same item can exist in a par location in both the PeopleSoft system and POU supplier system.

  The compartment in the PeopleSoft system and the bin in the POU supplier both identify the unique location of an item in the POU par location. The POU supplier's bin is a system-generated, assigned field and the PeopleSoft system's compartment field cannot be fed into it. The POU supplier system needs to process the PeopleSoft compartment information separately to avoid data update conflicts.