Manage Standing Orders for a Specific Patient
1 In the menu bar, click Order Entry.
Note: The Order Entry menu appears only if you can place orders with your current lab. |
If the Order Entry page appears, go to step 2. If the Check-In Queue page appears, click Call Next Patient, click for the patient whose standing order you want to manage, and then go to step 3.
Notes: • The Check-In Queue page appears only if your current facility supports this feature. For information about changing your facility, see Changing the Facility. • If the information provided by the patient at the Check-In kiosk is incorrect (for example, if there was a typo in the patient’s name), click Cancel on the Patient Search - Advanced Results dialog box. On the Check-In Queue page, click Order Entry and then go to step 2. • For more information about using the Check-In Queue, see Initiate an Order. |
• Display the list of all pending orders for a specific patient.
For more information about the displayed pending orders, see Working with the Patient Search - Advanced Results or the Patient Search - Pending Orders for Client Dialog Box.
• Display the list of all standing orders for a specific patient and client. Retrieve the patient (as described in Retrieve or Add a Patient) and click the View Standing Orders link in the Patient Information area.
Note: You must specify the client in order to see the View Standing Orders link. |
All standing orders associated with the specified patient and client appear on the Standing Orders dialog box. If more than one standing order exists, you can browse from one order to the next by clicking the arrows at the top of the dialog box.
• If an instance of the standing order has already been filed within the specified interval, the phrase early appears in the Status area. You can file an instance of this standing order, but you must provide the reason for doing so. • If a standing order contains an order code that is no longer valid (for example, if the lab no longer performs a particular test, or if the client is no longer allowed to order that test), the phrase (inactive) appears in red after the test name. You cannot file an order that contains an invalid order code, and you should not • If a held order was placed without a draw fee and a draw fee is required at your facility, you are required to add one or to select the Draw Fee Not Required check box before you can file the order. • If or appears in the Status area, you can position the pointer over that symbol to see the Companion Diagnostics program name and national client number. • If appears, you can click that symbol to open the Companion Home Draw dialog box to view and print Companion home draw letters. For more information, see Printing Companion Home Draw Letters. |
Note: If appears for a particular patient on the Patient Search - Advanced Results dialog box, clicking the select or edit icon under the Action column might automatically change the lab and client to the appropriate ones, and you will not be able to use accessioning. |