Order Entry (CPOE)
Orders run through decision support before they are written. A contraindication stops the order unless it is overridden with a reason.
Where to find it
Address in the console: /ehr/lab-orders
Read-only list · 9 columns · 3 actions
This list is read-only: its records are written by the work that produces them. A correction, where one is possible at all, is made where the record was created.
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Order | Code | order_no |
| Patient | Text | patient_name |
| Priority | Status | priority |
| Tests | Number | tests |
| Resulted | Number | resulted |
| Critical | Number | critical_results |
| Ordered by | Text | ordering_provider_name |
| Ordered | Date and time | ordered_at |
| Status | Status | status |
What you can do here
New order primary
Computerised order entry
Asks for: Patient* Order type* Ordering provider Priority Laboratory test codes Imaging procedure Medication Dose Frequency Quantity Indication Clinical notes Override reason
Order from a set
Place a standing order set
Asks for: Patient* Order set*
Collect specimen
Asks for: Specimen number Specimen condition
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.