Plumb's

Plumb’s is a veterinary reference that provides diagnostic and treatment guidance, reliable drug information, pet owner education materials, and other resources to help you find the best path forward for every patient.

The Vetspire integration with Plumb’s enables you to view monographs from the Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook inside Vetspire for your medication products.

Getting Started with Plumb’s

A Plumb’s Pro subscription is required to integrate Plumb’s with Vetspire. Complete the Plumb’s Pro for Vetspire form to set up your subscription.

Do not contact Vetspire Support to enable the Plumb’s integration.

The integration is enabled by Plumb’s on behalf of your practice.

Steps to have the Plumb’s integration enabled for your practice:

1. Go to Financials > Types and ensure that all medication product types are set to Is Medication? = Yes.

2. Go to More > Inventory & Services > Tools > Products Upload and download a CSV file of your organization’s products.

3. Review the Plumb’s Monograph mappings for your medication products. Make updates as needed, then save the file.

4. Send the most up-to-date version of the product CSV file to Plumb’s.

Plumb’s will then request the integration with Vetspire for your location on your behalf.

You must send your Product CSV to Plumb’s before the integration can be enabled.

The Vetspire system automatically matches your medication products to Plumb’s Monographs through the Mass Upload/Change Products feature.

We recommend you review the matches before sending the Product CSV to Plumb’s.

Once the Plumb’s integration is enabled, you can access the Plumb’s database from anywhere in Vetspire by selecting the Plumb’s logo in Global Navigation.

Map Medications to Plumb’s Monographs

The Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook includes monograph references for hundreds of medications. These monographs provide information on doses, indications, side effects, and more.

You can map a medication in Vetspire to its corresponding Plumb’s monograph from your Inventory & Services settings or through the Mass Upload/Change Products feature.

Manually Map Plumb’s Monograph in Inventory & Services

1. In More > Inventory & Services, search for and select the medication.

2. Select Edit Details to open the Edit Product Details window.

3. Select Advanced Options, then select the drug name in the Plumbs Monograph field.
   To clear the current mapping, select the X, then search for and select a new drug from the drop-down menu.

4. Select Save.

Automatically Map Plumb’s Monograph through Mass Products Upload

Through the Mass Upload/Change Products feature, the Vetspire system can automatically map your medication products that have an 80% or better match to a Plumb’s Monograph.

1. In More > Inventory & Services > Tools, select Products Upload.

2. (Optional) In the Filter to Locations (Step 1) field, select your primary location.
   The Plumb’s mapping will apply to all products across your organization. We recommend selecting one location in this step to export a smaller, more manageable file size.

3. Select Email All Products.

4. Open the CSV file from your email. Two columns for Plumb’s display:

   1. plumbs_id: The unique ID for the Plumb’s monograph from the Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook.

   2. monograph title: The name of the drug associated with the Plumb’s monograph ID. This is a read-only field – any changes made in this column will not change your product details or Plumb’s mapping.

5. Do NOT add the Plumb’s ID for a medication product in the plumbs_id column.
   When you import the file back into Vetspire, the system will run an algorithm to automatically match your products to their corresponding Plumb’s monographs.

6. Save the CSV file to your device.

7. In More > Inventory & Services > Tools > Products Upload, select Choose File (Step 3), then select your saved CSV file.

8. Select Upload & Update! You will receive a confirmation email when the upload is complete.

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Repeat steps 1-3 to download the most up-to-date product CSV file and view all of your new Plumb’s mappings.

View Plumb’s Monograph in an Encounter

1. Go to the Orders section of an open encounter.

2. Select a medication to add to the order, then select the Plumb’s Monograph button.

The Plumb’s Drug Monograph window displays.

When you select the Plumb’s Monograph button for a medication product that has not been mapped to Plumb’s, the system will automatically identify a close possible match.

View Plumb’s Monograph for Patient Medications

The Plumb’s Monograph button that displays when ordering medications from an encounter also displays in Patient Chart > Medications when adding a new medication.

Share Plumb’s Handouts with Clients

You can download and email Plumb’s Handouts from an encounter to share with the client, other practice staff, or any selected recipient.

1. At the bottom of the open encounter, select Share to open the Share window.

2. Search for and select the Plumb’s monograph in the Attach Plumb’s Handouts field.

3. Select Preview to download the encounter report with the monograph as a PDF, or select Email to send the PDF to the recipient.

View Plumb’s Diagnosis and Treatment Info in Patient Chart

A patient’s known diseases and conditions are added in the Problem List in the right panel of Patient Chart. When adding a new problem, select the Plumb’s Dx & Tx button to view the Plumb’s monograph for the selected problem.