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Processing orders
Order information provides procedural details relating to images being taken.
Orders: Concepts
An order is a request received from a physician to have one or more imaging procedures performed. Orders are linked to patients, and can be prioritized, scheduled, and have attachments such as referral letters.

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Processing orders
Order information provides procedural details relating to images being taken.
- Orders: Concepts
  An order is a request received from a physician to have one or more imaging procedures performed. Orders are linked to patients, and can be prioritized, scheduled, and have attachments such as referral letters.
- Creating an order
  An order is a request from a physician to have one or more imaging procedures performed. When you create an order, you associate it with the correct patient, and input order and procedure information.
- Viewing and editing orders
  To display and edit order information, open an existing order.
- Adding addressee information
  While completing an order or reviewing addressees, add communication methods (Distribute via) such as the referring physician’s postal address or radiologist’s email address, so that reports can be distributed.
- Scanning and adding a written order
  While completing an order, you can scan the written order from the physician so that it can be viewed as a digital attachment whenever the order is open.
- Adding a procedure to an order
  Add a procedure to an order by selecting it from a catalog of predefined procedures that are linked to different modality types and body parts.
- Canceling procedures in orders
  You can cancel procedures from the Text area.
- Prioritizing an order
  Change the priority of an order when necessary to ensure that it is processed in a timely manner.
- Performing order reviews
  You can create and perform order review tasks.
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Orders: ConceptsTopic number: 1425411783129

An order is a request received from a physician to have one or more imaging procedures performed. Orders are linked to patients, and can be prioritized, scheduled, and have attachments such as referral letters.

Creating orders

You can create orders only for existing patients.

Screen display

The order screen always shows the patient banner, patient information, and order information. Toolbar options and the possibility to edit fields depend on permissions. For example, if you do not have permission to edit an order, the action toolbar contains no editing commands and fields are read-only.

Prioritizing and scheduling

Orders are assigned different priorities.

Icon	Priority	Description
	STAT!	Highest priority. This order must receive immediate attention.
	Urgent	Second highest priority
	High	Third highest priority
No icon	Normal	Default
	Routine (or Low)	Lowest priority

Note:

The order priority values can be customized by your administrator and can differ from the set of default ones.

Orders can then be sent to and performed by technologists according to priority. For scheduling, you can specify the exact room or department to perform the procedure.

Order attachments

You can link to an order text, keyword, hyperlink, PDF, image, and voice clip attachments, as well as scanned orders, questionnaires, and brochures.

The list of possible attachment types is configured by your administrator.

Documents

If a procedure in the order has a procedure plan with prescribed documents, these documents are automatically displayed in the Document table on the Order edit page. The documents prescribed in the procedure plan, such as brochures, appointment letters, illustrations, questionnaires, and e-questionnaires, are configured by your administrator. You can print and hand out the documents to patients and upload new versions of these documents. Also, you can complete and submit e-questionnaires.

You can add additional documents to the procedure.