Using Add-On at end of day

Questions are still coming in about the inability to "add-on" an exam prior to Midnight. The answer is no, you can not use "add-on" when the length of the appointment would cross over the midnight hour. Your options are either....

• Use the "schedule" function and change the length of the appointment to fit in the the current day. I.E. It is currently 11:44pm. Change your appointment length to 15 minutes so that it does not cross over midnight.
• Use the "schedule" function and schedule your appointment to begin on or after midnight.

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Canceling Orders

In the event that you need to cancel an order you may do so using the "Ancillary Order" tool. Follow this path...

1. Click the "Ancillary Orders" Icon
2. Search for your patient, click to open
3. All of the orders existing on your patients will display
4. Locate the order you wish to cancel
5. Click the cancel button on the toolbar
6. Enter required data and accept

There have been instances of users adding an order onto the Tech Worklist just so they could cancel it. This should be avoided as it assigns an accession number and creates downstream problems.

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Re Posting: Tagging items on your TWL with messages

In the event that a scheduled order is on hold you may wish to enter a message to fellow techs so they understand what is happening. This may occur when an OR case from the AM remains on the OR Tech Work List at shift change. It would be great if the tech could simply view any messages that the 1st shift tech may have entered. To do that follow these steps....

1. 
   Highlight the appointment you wish to flag with a message on your Tech Work List
2. 
   Click Study Notes from your Tool Bar
3. 
   Click "Add New Note"
4. 
   Enter a message and click Accept
5. 
   Your message is now viewable to other techs who wish to see it
6. 
   To view the message, highlight the appointment and click alt-o

Re Posting: Tagging unscheduled orders with a Message

If you need to flag some information on an order that remains on your schedule orders report, follow these steps.

1. 
   Highlight the patient on the Schedule Orders report
2. 
   Right Click and click Select
3. 
   The patients appointment desk opens
4. 
   Go to the "Orders" tab
5. 
   Highlight the order
6. 
   Click "Edit Notes"
7. 
   Enter your message and accept
8. 
   Your message is now available in the Notes column of your Schedule Orders Report