About the Orders Viewer Applet

 

The Veteran Administration's Orders Viewer applet provides the mobile capability for VA staff to view patient's Medication (inpatient/outpatient), Laboratory, and Radiology Orders currently in VA production VistA with order status of "Active" (see definition of "Active" below).

 

The orders viewer applet will allow the provider to view all data fields pertinent to the order. This applet can be run in a standalone mode or when compiled with other applets into a compiled application.

 

 

Active Orders (including pending, recent activity) – This view includes orders that have a status of

o   Hold

o   Flagged

o   Pending

o   Active

o   Scheduled

o   Partial Results

o   Unreleased

o   Renewed

 

Recent activity also includes the following if their status changed in the number of hours you site defines in a system parameter:

o   Discontinued

o   Complete

o   Expired

o   Cancelled

 

Getting started

-      Tablet, laptop, or desktop computer with WiFi or wired access to the internet

-      Log in with username/password, Facility then select "Sign In"

 

Orders Viewer Applet

-       To open the Orders Viewer applet, click/tap on the Orders Viewer icon/button.

Orders Viewer Details

The following table describes the various details of the Orders Viewer.

 

Table 1 – Orders Viewer Details #1

Item

Label

Description

Notes

1

Orders Viewer icon/button

Toggles display/hide of Orders Viewer container

o   Orders Viewer icon/button is NOT shown/accessible on Orders Management applet.

 

2

Order Viewer

Container header

o    

 

3

Manually refresh and updates the list of orders shown in Orders Viewer

o   Manually retrieves list of Orders with status of "Active" only.

 

4

Last Updated <hh:mmam>

Display the last updated timestamp of the list of orders shown in Orders Viewer.

o   List is auto-updated every 5 minutes.

 

5

Expand All

Opens (Expands) all the accordions (Order Types) to show list of all orders

 

 

6

Collapse All

Closes (collapses) all the accordions (Order Types) to show list of all orders

 

 

7

Medication

Medication Order Type accordion

o   Only shown only if patient in-context has active Medication orders.

 

8

InPt # / OutPt #

For Medication Order Type, displays number of active orders for Inpatient (InPt) and Outpatient (OutPt)

o   Only shown only if patient in-context has active Medication orders.

 

9

Laboratory

Laboratory Order Type accordion

o   Only shown only if patient in-context has active Laboratory orders.

 

10

#

For Laboratory & Radiology Order Type, displays number of active orders.

o   Only shown only if patient in-context has active Laboratory orders.

 

11

Radiology

Radiology Order Type accordion

o   Only shown only if patient in-context has active Radiology orders.

 

12

Accordion status currently in "Collapse"

o   Toggles Expand/Collapse upon user click/tap.

 

 

   "Manager" button is shown/enabled only if the Orders Management applet is available within the Patient Viewer app.

 

The following table describes the various details of the Orders Viewer.

 

Table 2 – Orders Viewer Details #2

Item

Label

Description

Notes

1

Accordion status currently in "Expand"

o  Toggles Expand/Collapse upon user click/tap.

 

2

INPATIENT

For Medication Order Type, INPATIENT medication category label

 

 

3

Order Name

Data column for name of the medication order

 

 

4

Start Date -

End Date

Data column for start/end date of the medication order

 

 

5

Status

Data column for status of the medication order

 

 

6

<Order Summary button>

Summary of the medication order displayed. Clickable button.

o  Clicking/tapping on the order will pop-up Order Details dialog displaying details of the Order (see Figure 5)

 

7

OUTPATIENT

For Medication Order Type, OUTPATIENT medication category label

 

 

 


 

Orders Details

 

The following table describes the various details of the Orders Viewer.

 

Table 3 – Orders Details

Item

Label

Description

Notes

1

<Orders Details content>

Order Details dialog displaying details of the Order

o    Pop-up dialog opened from Orders Viewer by clicking/tapping on the Order from the list.

 

2

Close pop-up/dialog button