Patient Care - Reference Manual - Physician - Fraser Health Authority

The Active Function ButtonsE – Enter OrdersThis routine allows you to enter new orders on the patient already identified.Selecting the ENTER ORDERS function button will take you to the EnterCare Area Orders screen. After you are finished entering you must file theprocedure using the okay key or along the toolbar. Answer the FILEYES/NO by choosing YES and press the key. You will be broughtback to the review order screen, and any new orders will be visible.A – Amend OrdersOrders for a future date do not cross the interface until 0005 hrs the day ofthe order. You may amend or edit certain aspects of orders that have not yetbeen transmitted. Highlighting the desired order and selecting the AMENDORDERS function button will take you to an Edit Orders screen. You may editthe ordering doctor, time, date, priority, or quantity. After you are finishedediting the order, you must file the order using the okay key oralong the toolbar. Answer the FILE YES/NO by choosing YES and press the key. You will be brought back to the review order screen, and theamended orders will be visibleX – Cancel OrdersThis routine allows you to cancel an order. Reasons to cancel an orderinclude the physician cancels the test, an order was entered on the wrongpatient, etc.If the order has been VERIFIED (not yet transmitted) it can be cancelled. Ifthe order has been TRANSMITTED, we can REQUEST cancellation. Ordersto RAD or LAB may show CNC if the order is cancelled. When you completethis function, a reason for cancellation field appears at the bottom of thescreen. (There is a lookup for reasons for cancellation. If the reason is not inthe choices offered, you can type something else in). You must file the orderusing the okay key or along the toolbar. CNC? will appear in theSTATUS field. The order will stay visible on the review orders screen with theCNC? beside it. When that order is highlighted, the reason for cancellation(whether the order was cancelled by Nursing or the Department) will show upon the bottom of the screen.Note: If the order has already been started by the department, cancelling theorder may not necessarily stop the process. You must follow up with a phonecall to the appropriate department, if you are cancelling an order.V – Verify OrdersIf orders are submitted by an unverified clinician, the information sits in thesystem and is not transmitted until verified by a verified user.Health InformaticsHealth Information Systems and Services© Fraser Health Authority, 2006. All rights reserved.19