Quick Guide

You have opened the patient record on an Outpatient encounter:

From the Workflow

1. From any tab containing it, click on New Order Entry.
2. Type the name or abbreviated name of the order you wish to find and press enter.
3. Select relevant search result and it will drop into the basket in the top right side of the screen.
4. The Ordering Clinician window pops up for non-clinicians. Ensure you search for and select the correct Ordering Clinician, then select the appropriate Communication type and click OK.
5. Click on the shopping basket and choose either Sign or Modify Details in the Orders for Signature window.
6. Fill in details.  You must complete the mandatory fields (in yellow) to place the order.
7. Click Sign.

From Requests/ Care Plans

1. Select Requests/Care Plans from blue menu on the left side of the patient record.
2. Click on +Add button and a new window will open.
3. Ensure filter is set to ‘contains’ for all searches except x-rays (XR) and scans (CT, US), in which case, you must set filter to ‘starts with’ or no results will be found.
4. In the search box, type the name or abbreviated name of the order you wish to find.
5. Click the relevant order in search results.
6. The Ordering Clinician window pops up for non-clinicians. Ensure you search for and select the correct Ordering Clinician, then select the appropriate Communication type and click OK.
7. Click Done in bottom right corner of window.
8. Fill in details.  You must complete the mandatory fields (in yellow) to place the order.
9. Click Sign.