Change Request: Medication Wording for Appointments (OIG/Congressional request)

1.) Requestor's Name

Kristen McConnell

2.) Requestor's Email

kristen.mcconnell@va.gov

3.) VA Team

Unified Appointment Team

4.) What is the name of the project or change?

Medication Wording for Appointments (OIG/Congressional request)

5.) Please explain what problem you are trying to solve.

The objective is to remind Veterans to be ready to talk about any medication, supplement, vitamins, etc that they have been prescribed or are taking from any provider, VA clinic, or local store.

6.) Please explain how this change would work.

The plan is to add wording to the appointment detail pages. Mobile wireframes were already started as a joint effort between the Unified Appointment and Mobile teams.

This is proposed to be the first engineering task for the Unified Appointments new mobile engineer to take on, so the ask for the mobile team is to use this intake to help set up any tickets they need to help the UAE engineer through the process this first time around.

7.) Features Impacted

Appointments

8.) Please include all relevant documentation links for this change request.

UAE's Epic Joint Collab Cycle ticket that is already in-progress

9.) Does your team have all the necessary materials (documents, designs, processes, analytics, APIs, etc) in place for Mobile to make these changes right now?

Yes

10.) Has this change been discussed with VAHB POs (Rachel, Ryan, or Don)?

Ryan - Yes, Talking to Don on 8/15

11.) Has this change been agreed upon by all impacted VA Stakeholders?

Yes

12.) What is your ideal due date for this change request?

Fall 2024

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