Place an Order for Lab or Diagnosis in the Care Guidelines Template
- Review the guideline items in the Care Guidelines panel at each encounter.
Items with status due are the items that can be ordered, such as labs and diagnostic studies.
- Highlight a guideline item to be ordered in the grid.
Details for the guideline populate in the respective fields above the grid.
- Click the Order button.
The item's status is updated to display ordered and the Action field display the date ordered.
- If you have recommended care items in the grid, select a recommended care in the grid.
- Do any of the following:
- In the Goal field, type a goal for the patient.
- Click the blue down-arrow and select a goal from the list.
- Click the Status field and select the status of the recommended care.
- Click the Action field and select the action performed for the recommended care.
After placing orders for labs and radiology diagnostic studies, it is important to process the orders by selecting which lab or radiology facility will perform each test and submit the orders to the Orders Module using the Process and Submit Lab/Radiology Orders template. For more information on the Care Guidelines, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Care Guidelines User Guide forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine.