Adding Orders to an Appointment

You may add orders to an appointment at any time. Simply display the appropriate appointment and use the Add Orders button from the Appointment Register, Inj/Ill Visit, or Orders screens, or right-click from the Charts/Orders view in the Clinical Work Area.

The Add Orders process opens a new screen. For the first order of any appointment, it is easiest to select an entire procedure (group of orders); the Add Orders function for the first order, therefore, makes the Select Procedures tab at the top of the screen active. Procedures are listed in alphabetical order, with those that are company-specific at the top (for the company specified in the appointment, if any), followed by those that are generic. Once a procedure is selected, its associated tasks display in the right-hand pane, and each one becomes an order for this visit. If you don't want all the orders that appear when you select a procedure, you can remove any you don't need by clicking in the leading checkbox to deselect it. You can also edit the description for any of the selected orders by clicking in the Description cell, see Editable Grids for more information. Save your selections by using the Accept Orders button.


Add first order