MellowoodMedical Online Help
Creating and sending orders
- Mhairi West
Click the Orders button in the IDEAS toolbar to create an order related to that particular patient.
Completing Details within an order
You can manually complete the content of the order or you can choose from a pre-set template - Template Orders (v7.0.14.x)
Send to | Click ‘Send to..’ 
you can choose to send to an individual staff member, a department or a position you can also send to more than one person You can also CC to others for their interest |
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Subject | Select an appropriate subject from the drop down list, or enter a free text subject. If you wish to add a new subject to the dropdown list, right click on the field and select “Edit list” or go to File>System configuration>List>Subject lines(Orders).
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Patient | When creating a new order from the toolbar, the associated patient will always be by default the currently selected patient. You can change the associated patient if required by pressing the “ Patient” button next to the patient name. This will bring up the search window where you can select the patient. |
Status | Available options are;
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Priority | Select the most appropriate priority level for the order. Options available are: Low  Normal (default)  High  or 
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Effective Date
| The date on which the order becomes active and should therefore be started. Today’s date will always be entered by default. |
Expiry Date | The date on which the order is no longer relevant. This is normally left blank for orders. |
Comments | Order details may be entered into the comment field by free text. However the clinic may wish orders to be entered using standard pieces of text - For more information click here IDS6150 Paragraph templates . In version 7.0.14.x you can create some pre-set templates , which will help if you are continually typing the same comments within orders Template Orders (v7.0.14.x) Note: The comments entered in the remarks box cannot be changed after the order is saved but can be added by clicking the "Add Comments". Once saved, the comments will appear in the main remarks box of the order along with the creator, date and time the comment was added. |
Once the order details have been completed specify the recipient(s).
For information on creating orders from a Progress Note click here Creating orders from Progress Notes
| Version | Date | Comment |
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| Current Version (v. 10) | Apr 22, 2024 10:34 |
Mhairi West
: Added link to new order templates help page |
| v. 9 | Apr 03, 2023 17:45 | Mhairi West |
| v. 8 | Apr 03, 2023 16:52 | Mhairi West |
| v. 7 | Apr 03, 2023 14:41 | Mhairi West |
| v. 6 | Apr 03, 2023 14:40 | Mhairi West |
| v. 5 | Sept 23, 2021 13:15 | Mhairi West |
| v. 4 | Sept 23, 2021 13:14 | Mhairi West |
| v. 3 | Sept 23, 2021 13:11 | Mhairi West |
| v. 2 | Jul 28, 2021 12:33 | Mhairi West |
| v. 1 | Jul 28, 2021 08:54 | Mhairi West |