Selecting Orders

To create your order, you can use one or both of the following approaches.

• You can select a diagnosis and then add the appropriate order items. This approach can be useful for differential diagnoses. For example, for a patient exhibiting symptoms of pneumonia, you may have two differential diagnoses—streptococcus pneumonia and viral pneumonia. You can select a set of tests specific to streptococcus pneumonia first, followed by a different set specific to viral pneumonia.
• You can select the order items first and then assign the diagnoses. In this approach, you can search for and select a laboratory, diagnostic, or immunization item using the following options.
  • Select Common Orders
  • Search for Orders Items
  • Select Order Items from Favorites
  • Select Order Items from the Immunizations Recommendations List

When you select an order item, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) displays and saves the order details in the Incomplete Items list. If you close the CPOE window when you have selected order items that are yet to be placed, you can select Incomplete Items to re-open CPOE and resume your order.