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Add New Orders

New Orders, under the Orders chart tab, is where you order non-medications, such as labs, imaging, and other services.

Set Associated Problem

Your patient's Principal Diagnoses are set as the Associated Problem

To change the problems associated with the order you want to add, click the problem name.

Select On Behalf Of Provider

For a non-physician, select the provider name and order type in the Ordered on behalf of fields before adding an order.

Methods to Add Orders

To add a previous order, click an order under Prior Orders. The last date ordered displays after each order name.

To modify and order multiple tests and services at once, click an Order Set name.

For an individual order, click an order name listed in an Order Panel.

Select the PRECISION MEDICINE button to use the Biomarker Lab Ordering Tool.

Search for an Order

To find an order, type the order name in Order Search field.

To include rarely ordered options in the Search Results, click Also Show Rarely-Used Results.

Click on an order name to add it to the cart with the service date that is specified by your practice.

Change the Service Date

To set a different service date, click the options (hamburger) icon and select a service date from the menu.

Modify an Order

To modify an order, click the order name in the cart.

To set the service dates for the order, choose from the relative dates or select specific Calendar Dates.

To change the Associated problems, check each problem to associate with the order.

To add a problem, click Create a new problem.

As needed, enter Order Instructions for the facility or provider rendering the service. These instructions display on the printed order. Enter comments about the order in Chart Comments. These comments do not display on the printed order.

The Ordered from Location defaults to your logged in location. Enter the Perform Location as needed.

Set which entity receives the Bill for the order. To remove this selection, click Clear.

Click SAVE.

Copy an Order

In the cart, to copy one or more orders to another service date, check each order.

Click COPY and choose a service date under Copy Orders To.

Move an Order

To move an order, drag the order name under a different service date. 

To move multiple orders, check each order, click MOVE, and choose a service date.

Edit an Order

Click the X on an individual order to remove it or click the X for a service date to remove all orders under it.

To update the order details, select the checkbox for the order and click EDIT. Review and edit each field you want to update. Click OK when finished.

Save an Order

To save the orders, click SAVE or SIGN & SAVE (for a provider).

Working with Draft Orders

Incomplete orders and orders saved as a draft display under the Drafts tab.

To add a note about a draft order, click Add notes.

To edit a draft order, click the pencil icon to complete the ordering process.

To remove a draft order, click the X.

View Orders in the Flowsheet

Once the orders are saved, you can view them in the Flowsheet.

An order with a Calendar icon indicates a specific Calendar Date is needed to schedule the order.

To see the details of an order, click on the order name in the flowsheet cell. Use this action to Edit or Print an order. Other actions can be taken from the Options for Occurrence menu.