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The Departments option in Order Entry will allow for providers to individually search for items by department. Pharmacy, Ancillary, and Nursing departments will all be located under this option.

 

•From Order Entry, select Departments from the List Type drop-down.

 

 

Select Order Entry > Departments

 

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•After Departments is selected, the Search Orders portion of the screen will populate with all of the items that are available for ordering in the facility.  The Departments drop-down box will default to All and when the drop-down is selected, the list of all active ordering departments within the hospital will be available.

 

•The All option will allow the user to search all ordering departments for an item by typing in the Search field. By selecting the title of a department, the search results will narrow down to only items that the selected department owns. The items will populate to the Search Orders box alphabetically and as the user types into the Search field, the box will populate with the closest match (Smart Search). The search field is not case-sensitive, so mixed case may be used to locate an item.

 

 

Select Order Entry > Departments > Select Department - All

 

Search Orders

 

 

•Select the desired department from the list and choose items from the Search Orders box on the screen by either double-clicking the item or selecting the item and then choosing Add to Pending. The item will appear to the Pending Orders portion of the screen.

 

 

Select Order Entry > Departments > All

 

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