Manage Orders
The Order Management template enables you to document the order result, add any additional information, and change the status of the orders.
- Click the Order Management sub-navigational link to open the Order Management template.
A list of all the orders documented for the patient appears in the grid.
- Select an order to be updated.
The details of the selected order appear in the respective fields in the Manage Selected Orders section.
- Click Edit to open the All Order Management template.
- Enter the appropriate order details in the applicable section(s).
- After making any necessary changes in the Result/report section, click Update.
- Click Save and then click Close to return to the Order Management template.
- Highlight the order again.
The updated details display in the Manage selected order section.
- In the Manage selected order section, if applicable, click the Status (step) field and select the appropriate status from the list.
Note: On the Order Management template, if you change the status of a care guideline item that you ordered, then the system auto-updates the status of that care guideline item in the Care Guidelines template. The updated status of the order is also reflected in the Medical Chart Summary panel on the Home Page template.
- In the Order Status Detail/actions grid, you can track changes made to orders, including those made by different users, and sort orders by selecting the Order Status Detail/actions option or the Order result edit log option.
- Double-click an order in the Order status detail/actions grid to open the Order Management Details template with the details of the order.
For more information on how to add orders on the Order Management template, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Getting Started User Guide forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine.