Quick Reference — To enter an admission order

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Note: If a feature called Allow mid-levels to be assigned as Admitting/Attending is enabled for your organization, midlevel providers (such as such as CRNAs, NPs, PAs) share the same capabilities as attending providers, and can:

  • Sign admission, transfer, and discharge orders
  • Participate on the patient's care team
  1. In the patient chart, click the arrow in the green workflow menu (at the upper right) and select Go To Admission Order. (The options available in the green workflow menu depend on your user role.)

Review (or update) the order details

  1. Admission date and time — Enter the time and date of admission.
    Tip: You can enter "now" in the time field to input the current time and date, or you can enter "t" in the date field for the current date.
  2. Department — Select the admitting or receiving department.
  3. Admitting physician — Select the admitting physician.
  4. Attending physician — Select the attending physician.
  5. Service — Select the service.
  6. Telemetry — Click Yes, No, or Remote.
  7. Level of care — Select the level of care.
  8. Primary diagnosis — You can click the plus icon to add a diagnosis, or click the X icon to delete a diagnosis.
  9. Condition — Select the patient's condition.
  10. Precautions — You can click the plus icon to add a risk, or click the X icon to delete a risk.
  11. Expect patient to be discharged or transferred within 96 hours — Click Yes or No.
  12. Elective admissions — Click Yes or No.
  13. Enrolled in clinical trial — Click Yes or No.
  1. Click Enter Order.
    Note: If you are a physician or authorized midlevel provider, this button says Sign Order.

Note: You can delete an admission order that was not entered by a provider, as long as it has not yet been signed by a provider.  You can cancel an admission order (signed or unsigned) if a provider has not yet marked the patient as "Arrived" in the department. To delete or cancel admission orders, you must have the Inpatient Clinicals: Admission Sign-off permission.