Accession Number Column added for Diagnostic Dept

The diagnostic department now has the Accession number column added to their schedule orders report. The reason this was put there, is that often times in the department an order might be scheduled, but then unscheduled after its been checked in and given an accession number. If the tech then gets the message that the order needs to be canceled, their actions depend on knowing whether or not the order has already been checked in once. If it has been checked in, they need to reschedule it and cancel it using the cancel/undo button.

If the order is on the schedule orders report and has not been checked in, it will not have an accession number and can be cancelled by the floor or by the tech using ancillary orders.

"Schedule Orders" button function

In conjunction with a patients scheduled orders now appearing on the control/transport sheet you also have access to a "sched orders" button on your tool bar. What this button does is launch a worklist that shows all of the existing orders for patients that need to come to radiology.

So, for example, if you have an order for a CT that you want to schedule, but want to make sure that the patient doesn't have any unscheduled orders for elsewhere in the medical imaging department, you can launch the list and find out. Simply sort the list on the patients name and see all their orders lumped together.

A slicker function would be to right click on the patient name column header and filter on the patients name. Then you will only see the patient that you are interested in.

Using this list along with having the "scheduled appointments" appear on the transport/control sheet should help eliminate extra trips to the unit for inpatients.

Patients "Other Appointments" now on Control Sheet

In order to reduce the amount of trips patients take to radiology, we have now included the patients other scheduled appointments on the control/transport sheet that prints when you "check in" an appointment.

Keep in mind that only the scheduled orders for the day will print on the page. Orders that are not scheduled will not appear.

This is a good safety net that allows transport staff to ensure efficient movement of patients.

There is also a second safety net which allows technologists to determine if a patient has other medical imaging orders that have not been schedule but might be able to be done during the same visit to radiology. See the post titled "Schedule Orders" button function.