Patient Home → Orders Composer

[avaidyam]

• Add Order Button (Left)
• Pending Orders List (Right)
• Individual Order Composer (Dialog)

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Order Composer

Order Type

Order Type	Used when…
House Icon	Lab tests are ordered in the ambulatory setting
Bed Icon	Lab tests are ordered in the inpatient setting

Status Field

Status	Used when…
Normal	Do not use because this will cause the orders to automatically be released to the lab as if the patient has arrived at the lab and had their tests drawn. Providers and staff should only use standing or future.
Standing	For repeat labs such as AMS INR’s. You want multiple orders to be done in the future. When setting up a Standing Order, it is important that you include in the Interval field how often the test should be drawn as well as indicate in the Count field the number of times the lab should be drawn.
Future	Should be used for all lab orders that are not Standing (repeat orders). Patient will show up later for this lab order. (Example Fasting Glucose or Lipid Panel)

Date Fields

Date Fields	Used when…
Expected Date	Provider indicates the date patient can have the lab drawn. Note: labs can be drawn up to 7 days before the expected date. For example – you would like to order a TSH to be drawn in 3 months after you have made changes to a patient’s thyroid medicine. You should indicate that the Expected Date should be 3 months from today’s date. If you left the default Expected Date to today, the patient could have the TSH drawn any time from today forward. The Lab Department will draw the test based on the Expected Date.
Expires	Date Provider indicates the last date a patient can have a lab drawn. Note: labs can draw up to 7 days past the expiration date.

Priority Field

Priority	Used when…
Routine	Routine is the most common priority and should not be used for urgent or emergent situations.
STAT	Results will be available within an hour in the ambulatory setting once the specimen arrives in the laboratory.
Timed	Not used in the out-patient setting.
Urgent	Results will be available within 2 hours once the specimen arrives in the laboratory.

Class Field

Class	Used when…
Lab Collect	Test will be resulted by Organization’s Laboratory. Example: CMP and CBC lab will be collected, tested, and resulted at Organization. Example: Pro-time will be collected by Home Care. The specimen will be delivered to the Carle laboratory where it will be tested and resulted.
Clinic Collect	Patient specimen is collected in the provider office during patient visit. Example: Throat swab collected in the doctor’s office.
External Collect	Patient will have an ordered test collected, tested, and resulted outside of the organization. Example: Patient needs CBC and CMP drawn at Hospital.

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Pending Order List

TBD

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Order Search

TBD

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[avaidyam]

@kkyl Just to make this easier on the UI, I’d like to move the order composer/manager into a tab (or sidebar tab). This is how it typically appears for inpatient EHR setups, where in an ambulatory context you see the bottom bar. (In the image below, note the sidebar. Ignore the main pane.)