# Quick Orders

A quick order is a predefined order that a user can select. It has a value for some or all of the fields for the specific type of order selected. For example, on an outpatient medication order, the user might define the type of medication, dosage, route, and schedule, quantity, and number of refills. If the user does not define a value f or one or more mandatory fields, CPRS will display the dialog for the user to fill in the missing values. Quick orders can be created for many different types of orders. There are two types of quick orders: personal and shared.

Personal Quick Orders

Personal quick orders are created when a user fills out the order dialog, but before the user accepts the order, the user can select Options | Save as Quick Order... and give the quick order a name. CPRS saves the order, and it can then be used from that same dialog where it was created by the user that created it. Personal quick orders display at the top of the list of orders and are separated from the rest of the orders by a line.

For example, if a user creates a lab order and then saves it as a personal quick order, the user will give the personal quick order a name and that item will appear at the top of the lab order dialog with any other personal quick orders, followed by a line and then the full list of lab orders the next time that user opens the dialog.

To create a personal quick order, use these steps:

1. Fill out an order dialog for a medication, lab, or other order that you frequently place, but DO NOT select Accept.

2. With the order dialog still up, select Options | Save as Quick Order....

3. In the Add Quick Orders (type) dialog, where type is the package or type of order, such as Labs, Outpatient meds, etc., enter a name for the quick order and select OK.

Note: You cannot save personal quick orders with the same name, even if the capitalization is different.

To manage personal quick orders, use these steps:

1. Open the appropriate ordering dialog (Outpatient Meds, Inpatient Meds, Infusions, Labs, etc.).

2. Select Options | Edit Common List....

3. To rename a personal quick order, do the following:

a) Highlight the personal quick order name.

b) Select the Rename button.

c) In the Rename dialog, type the new name for the personal quick order and select OK.

d) Repeat steps a-c if needed to rename additional orders.

4. To change the position of a personal quick order in the list, do the following:

a) Highlight the personal quick order name.

b) Use the arrow buttons to the left of the name list to move the name up or down to the chosen position.

c) Repeat steps a and b if needed to arrange the list to your preference.

5. To delete a quick order, do the following:

a) Highlight the personal quick order to be deleted.

b) Select the Delete button.

c) Repeat steps a and b if needed to delete additional personal quick orders.

6. When finished managing the personal quick order list, select OK.

Site-Wide Quick Orders

Many sites have created an entire set of Quick Orders that they use. IRM staff at each site can customize the Write Orders list box with a selection that will brin g up the Quick Order menus they have created. This item might be called Assign New Orders, Common Orders, or whatever the site deems appropriate. When a clinician clicks on this item, CPRS brings up the menu containing Quick Orders and other orders define d by the site. Sites can set up orderables to be Quick Orders. See your clinical coordinator if you have items you wish to have set up as sitewide Quick Orders.

Shared quick orders are created in VistA by someone like a Clinical Applications Co ordinator (CAC). These quick orders can be made available to all CPRS users by placing them on order menus, and can be used in order sets.

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Placing a Quick Order