next to the order you want to remove.1 Access a patient’s summary; for instructions, see Accessing a Patient Summary.
2 From the Patient tab, click Radiology > Place Order.
3 In the order entry dialog box, click Review.
4 For each radiology order on the review page, do any of the following:
• Make changes to an order. Click Edit next to the appropriate order. Review the selected radiology order’s details, make any necessary changes, and then click Update to save your changes.
• Remove an order. Click next to the order you want to remove.
• Create a task so that a radiology order can be completed later. To assign a radiology order task to yourself or to another user in your organization (so that the radiology order can be completed at a later time):
a For each radiology order, in the Finalize or Assign list, click the user that you want to complete the task.
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Note: If you want to task out all radiology orders in the review queue to the same person, click the Apply to All button. |
b For each radiology order, in the Task Message box, type any additional information or instructions.
• Fax and finalize an order. To finalize a radiology order and immediately fax it to a specified location:
a For each radiology order, in the Finalize or Assign list, click Fax and Finalize.
b If you also want to print a paper copy of the radiology order, select the Print Order check box.
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Note: If you want to fax and finalize all the radiology orders, click the Apply to All button. If the Print Order check box is selected, this setting is also copied to all orders. |
c For each radiology order, review the Radiology Location information. If necessary, click the arrow next to the current location to review the list of favorite radiology facilities, and then click the appropriate facility.
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Note: The Fax and Finalize option is only available if you have identified fax numbers as radiology facilities. You can manage fax numbers for radiology facilities from the Edit Contacts list. For more information, see Manage the Contacts List for the Organization. |
• Finalize an order. To finalize an order and place a copy of the order in a patient’s summary:
a For each radiology order, in the Finalize or Assign list, click Finalize.
b If you also want to print a paper copy of the radiology order, select the Print Order check box.
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Note: If you want to finalize all radiology orders, click the Apply to All button. If the Print Order check box is selected, this setting is also copied to all orders. |
5 Click Submit.
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Caution! When you submit orders, all orders are submitted. This includes any lab orders. |
One of the following occurs:
• If you assigned radiology orders to a user, an order task is created and assigned to the selected user with the current date as its due date. Order tasks then appear in the Order Tasks tab of the tasks inbox, as well as the Patient Tasks section of the patient’s summary. The order remains in progress until the assigned user finalizes the order.
• If you selected Fax and Finalize, the order is finalized and immediately faxed to the specified location. A copy of the fax is saved to the patient’s Sent Faxes list and each order is saved to the patient’s list of all finalized radiology orders.
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Notes: • A fax is created per location. If the same location is selected for multiple radiology orders, the orders will be combined into a single fax. • If an error occurs while faxing the radiology order, the order will be available in the Failed Faxes list. For more information about managing failed faxes, see View a Sent or Failed Fax and Resend a Fax . |
• If you selected Finalize, the order is finalized and placed in the patient’s summary.