Improve BCMA

More and more medications have GTIN 14 digit numbers, and the system currently doesn't allow pharmacy to scan a GTIN number into the Page 1 NDC field. They have to manually enter a number there. Page 2 is for the NDC, and it can have multiple possible NDC numbers, but it only allows 10-11 digits, so GTIN isn't able to be entered there. This is a problem now for medications that have GTIN, not NDC. This is going to be a bigger problem going forward as more medications have GTIN.

Increase the number of digits the identification number can have on both PAGE 1 and 2, and even better, only use the Page 2 for med verify and BCMA since more of the identification numbers can be there. Many pharmacies have multiple manufacturers they get medications from, so a hospital might have multiple packages with different numbers in the system. If page 1 can only med verify with 1 number, it is never going to work. every time a nurse scans a medication that doesn't match page 1 number it is going to fail. Maybe the system should always look at page 2 for all the possible NDC, and increase the number of digits it can have for GTIN