CLINICAL - Encounter Prescription Orders (Version 8.0+)

this topic sheet covers the functionality for encounter prescription orders in the scripts panel of the new encounter view for profile version 8 0 and above encounter prescription orders management the prescription process has remained largely the same however, additional functionality has been added to separate orders for both printing and visual purposes if desired, the order may be split so that certain items, such as coumadin, may be printed and viewed as a separate order to separate an existing order, select and right click on the item(s) you wish to separate, and select separate prescription order the selected item(s) will appear under a new heading, order #2 , and the original item(s) will appear under the heading order #1 a similar effect can be achieved by double clicking in the blank area to the far right of an order item this will create a new, separate order for the item double clicking in the blank area when multiple orders are already present will place the item into the order directly above if the prescription is already split across multiple orders, new items prescribed using the new icon, or within the rx field, will appear the currently highlighted order – e g nexium is now in order #1 , as order #1 was selected when new was pressed items from the usual scripts , prior meds or discontinued tabs may be dragged and dropped directly into a specific order if desired, order items may be dragged into other orders as needed – e g coumadin was moved from order #2 into order #1 as order #2 ceased to exist, the heading disappeared multiple order items may also be merged into a single prescription order by selecting the required items, right clicking and selecting merge prescription order alternatively, if all order items are dragged and dropped into the same order (e g order #1) and there is no longer a need for orders to be numbered, the headings will disappear if you wish to print only certain orders, select them by holding down \[ ctrl ] on your keyboard while clicking on the corresponding order’s header once the orders are selected, right click on one of the selected headers and select print selected orders note to select multiple items in an encounter prescription order at the same time, hold the \[ ctrl ] key while clicking with the mouse to select display of prescriptions in the usual scripts tab in the scripts panel of the new encounter view, the usual scripts tab includes a new icon which enables a provider to sort usual prescriptions in a clinically relevant order to rearrange the order of prescriptions click order to toggle the drag and drop ordering mode this mode initially sorts the usual prescriptions in a clinically relevant order and provides the ability to drag and drop the items in a preferred sort order when finished, click order to toggle out of preferred sort order mode and to save the chosen order click the toolbar button to toggle between clinical order mode and prescription order mode the prescription order mode sorts the prescriptions alphabetically attachments