# Event-Delayed Orders

An event-delayed order is an order that is executed only after a predefined event (known as a release event) occurs. A release event can be an event such as an admission, discharge, or transfer. For example, you could write an event-delayed diet order that would not execute until a patient is t r ansferred to a specific ward.

A CAC defines the release events at your site. (For more information on defining release events, see Appendix G of the CPRS List Manager Technical Manual or the Event-Delayed Orders topic in the CPRS GUI Technical Manual). Once a CAC has defined a release event, you can write an order that will not execute until that release event occurs.

Related Topics

Assigning/Changing the Release Event

Manual ly Releasing an Event-Delayed Order

Viewing an Event-Delayed Order After it is Released

Writing an Event-Delayed Order