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Configure Procedure Order

In the Procedure Order & Discharge Instruction practice template, you can configure general and medication procedure orders for a specific specialty and procedure.

  1. To configure specialty-specific procedure orders, click Specialty and select a Specialty from the list.
    The grid populates with the existing procedure orders configured for the selected specialty.

    The Procedure Order option is selected by default.

  2. To configure procedure orders for a specific procedure, click the Procedures field and select a procedure from the list. The list includes a list of procedures configured for the specialty in the Procedure Config practice template.
  3. Click Type to select a type of order from the list.
  4. Click Category to select a category or stage to associate with the procedure orders.
    If the options in the list are not relevant, double-click the top-blank row in the list and enter the appropriate stage in the Category field. The newly added category is available in the Category list for the next procedure order documentation.

    By default, the system selects the General Procedure Order option.

  5. In Procedure Order, enter a procedure order.
  6. To map a procedure order with an entry in the run-time Documentation Log panel:
    1. Select Map to Documentation Log.
    2. Click the following fields and select the appropriate value from the corresponding list:
      • Entry Type
      • Category
      • Description
    In run time, when you select the procedure order and click the Initiate Documentation button in the Procedure Order panel, the mapped documentation log entries appear in the Documentation Log panel grid.
  7. Click Add. The procedure order appears in the grid.
  8. To add a new row of procedure order by making some changes to the existing procedure order in the grid:
    1. Highlight a procedure order in the grid. The details of the selected order appear in the corresponding fields above the grid.
    2. Make relevant changes in the applicable fields.
    3. Click Add. A new row of procedure order adds to the grid.

    In the run-time Procedure Orders panel, you need to select a procedure to view the configured general procedure orders in the grid.