Description

Use the Critical Event Notifications page to create custom critical events based on a provided set of event types and a threshold value for what is considered "critical." The system can send these alerts by fax or email, and can send them to staff members already in the system or to a manually entered address. 


You set the interval at which the system checks active events for critical values using the Frequency to check for critical events field in the Time Limits section of the System Defaults page. Note that in order for the system to check some of the events, you must set some Advanced Configuration Options. Contact a system administrator for help establishing these settings.

Access

AdminCenter > System Setup > System Defaults > System Settings > Event Notifications button

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Setting System-level Notifications

Use the System-level Notifications section to define custom critical events at the system level.

Add Notification

Click to open the Add System Notification pop-up, then select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

    • Browser Failure
    • Client Services Expired Supply
    • New Error Log Message
    • Reaching Signed-in User Limit
    • Server Failure
    • SQL Disk Space Remaining
    • Tomcat Disk Space Remaining

The alert type is added to the system-level notifications table.

Click Cancel to return to the Critical Event Notifications page.

Active

The active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.

Event TypeThe type of system-level event.
Field CodeSelect a field code from the drop-down list. Select either Select field code to insert into the body or a unique field code.
Drive Location

The location of the drive that the system should monitor for disk space usage. This field is required.

Threshold

The minimum level of remaining disk space that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event. This field is required.

RecipientsBeneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."
Add Recipient

Click to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up. In the pop-up, click the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

    • External Recipient: Click this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
    • User: Click this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.
    • Location: Click this button to add a location to the notification. Use the Location Search page to select a location.
    • Event Log: Click this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
Delete

Click  X in the  Delete  column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.

Cancel

Click Cancel to return to the previous page without saving any changes.


Setting Interface-level Notifications

Use the Interface-level Notifications section to define custom critical events at the interface level.

Add Notification

Select Add Notification and then in the Add Interface Notification pop-up, select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

    • Additive Created by HL7
    • Collection Method Created by HL7
    • CPT Created by HL7
    • Direct Printing Failure
    • Direct Printing Pending
    • Email Failure
    • Email Pending
    • Expiring Scheduled QC
    • Fax Failure
    • Fax Pending
    • HL7 ADT Failure
    • HL7 Inbound Failure
    • HL7 Inbound Idle
    • HL7 Inbound Pending
    • HL7 Order Failure
    • HL7 Outbound Cancel
    • HL7 Outbound Failure
    • HL7 Outbound Idle
    • HL7 Outbound Pending
    • HL7 Unmatched Results
    • ICD Code Created by HL7
    • Medication Created by HL7
    • Medication Not Created by HL7
    • Non-HL7 Inbound Failure
    • Order Choice Created by HL7
    • RAPS Failure
    • RAPS Pending
    • Sample Type Created by HL7
    • Sample Type Modifier Created by HL7
    • Source Site Created by HL7
    • Source Site Modifier Created by HL7
    • Sync Pending
    • UCUM Created by HL7
    • User Created by HL7
    • Zetafax Failure

Select Cancel to return to the Critical Event Notifications page.

ActiveThe active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event TypeThe type of interface-level event.
Host

The host's system should monitor for critical events. Some events always apply to all hosts. For events that allow you to specify hosts, select  Add Hosts to add an additional host to the list using the Host Selection page. See the Host Selection topic.

ThresholdThe level or value of the given indicator (messages, emails, faxes, etc.) that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event.
RecipientsBeneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."
Add Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

    • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
    • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.
    • Event Log: Select this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
    • Location: Select this button to add a location to the notification.
Must be pending for at least ___ ___

Enter values in the fields to determine how long the record must be pending before it will be picked up by a notification (behaves in exactly the same way as the setting for RAPS, Fax, and Email Pending notifications).

Delete

Select  X in the Delete column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.


Setting Patient-level Notifications

Use the Patient-level Notifications section to track the number of insurance companies and plans that are not yet validated and send an alert via email/fax to all configured recipients when the number of non-validated insurances exceeds the threshold for the notification.

Add Notification

Select Add Notification and then in the Add Patient Notification pop-up, select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

    • Patient Demographics Change
    • Pending Practice Specific Insurances
    • Pending System Maintained Insurances

Select Cancel to return to the Critical Event Notifications page.

ActiveThe active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event TypeThe type of patient-level event.
Practice

The practices the system should monitor for critical events. Some events always apply to all practices. For events that allow you to specify practices, select Add Practices to add an additional practice to the list using the Practice Search page. See the  Practice Search topic.

ThresholdThe number of items that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event.
RecipientsBeneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."
Add Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

    • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
    • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.
    • Location: Select this button to add a location to the notification. Use the Location Search page to select a location.
    • Event Log: Select this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
Delete

Select X in the Delete column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.


Setting Order-level Notifications

Use the Order-level Notifications section to track the number of received critical results, uncollected orders, and saved STAT orders and send an alert via email or the Client Services Module (if available) to all configured recipients each time the event type occurs.

Add Notification

Select Add Notification and then in the Add Order Notification pop-up, select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

  • Critical Result Received
  • Order Cancelled
  • Order Expiring
  • Order Patient Reassignment
  • Order Uncollected
  • Order User-defined Field
  • STAT Order Saved
ActiveThe active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event Type

The type of order-level event.

Field Code

Select a field code from the drop-down list. Select either Select field code to insert into the body or a unique field code.

Practice

The practices the system should monitor for critical events. By default, the system monitors all practices for order-level events.

Threshold

The number of items that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event. By default, the system sends notifications each time the order-level event type occurs.

Recipients

Beneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."

Add Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

  • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
  • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.
  • Location: Select this button to add a location to the notification. Use the Location Search page to select a location.
  • Event Log: Select this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
Delete

Select X in the Delete column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.


Setting Order Choice-level Notifications

Use the Order Choice-level Notifications section for when a specific order choice is collected in the system that will trigger an email stating the order ID and order choices on orders that are received to the ordering physician based on the email address at the user level.

Add Notification

Select Add Notification and then in the Add Order Choice Notification pop-up, select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

  • Critical Result Received
  • Order Choice Collected
  • STAT Order Choice Saved
ActiveThe active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event TypeThe type of user-level event.
Order Choice

The order choices that the system should monitor for critical events. Select Add Order Choices to search for and add order choices to the table.

ThresholdThe number of items that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event. By default, the system sends notifications each time the order choice-level event type occurs.
RecipientsBeneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."
Add Event Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

  • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
  • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.
  • Location: Select this button to add a location to the notification. Use the Location Search page to select a location.
  • Ordering Provider: Select this button to add an ordering provider to the notification. Enter the name, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
  • Event Log: Select this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
Delete

Select X in the Delete  column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.


Setting User-level Notifications

Use the User-level Notifications section to track the number of times users get locked out due to too many failed sign in attempts and to send an alert via email or fax to all configured recipients each time the event type occurs.

Add Notification

Select Add Notification and then in the Add User Notification pop-up, select the appropriate button to select the type of event alert you would like to create:

  • Account Activated
  • Account Created
  • Account Locked
  • Account Unlocked
  • Certification Expiring
ActiveThe active status of the notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event TypeThe type of user-level event.
UserThe user accounts the system should monitor for critical events. By default, the system monitors all users for user-level events.
ThresholdThe number of items that, when exceeded, should cause the system to create a notification event. By default, the system sends notifications each time the user-level event type occurs.
RecipientsBeneath the other fields, the system displays lines for each recipient who has been added to the notification. If there are no recipients, it displays "No recipients defined."
Add Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

  • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
  • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search  page to select a system user.
  • Event Log: Select this button to add an event log to the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
Delete

Select X in the Delete column to delete the corresponding event.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.


Setting Device Engine Notifications-level Notifications

Use the Device Engine Notifications-level Notifications section to configure device engine notifications to deliver to locations, users, or the event log and support email and fax delivery methods. This section only displays when you have the Orchard Point-of-Care or Core Lab license.

This section opens automatically when you select the Event Notifications button from the Device Engines page.


Add Notification

Select to add a device engine notification. The Add Device Engine Notification pop-up opens, where you can select the type of notification you'd like to create:

  • Device Engine Messages Idle: This option will send a notification when the device engine message is idle.
  • Device Engine Messages Pending: This option will send a notification when the device engine message is pending. 
  • Interface Status Change: This option will send a notification when the status of the interface changes.
ActiveThe active status of the device engine notification. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts for this event.
Event TypeDisplays the type of notification event: 
  • Device Engine Messages Idle: The system sends a notification when the device engine message is idle.
  • Device Engine Messages Pending: The system sends a notification when the device engine message is pending. 
  • Interface Status Change: The system sends a notification when the status of the interface changes.

The event type is set when creating a notification via the Add Notification button (above).

Device Engine/Instrument Interface

Displays the device engines that the system will send notifications for. 

Add Device Engine: Select the button to open the Device Engine Selection page, where you select the device engines and instrument interfaces that will trigger the notification. Select in the Device Engines or Instrument Interfaces search-as-you-type fields to search for and select the device engines and/or instrument interfaces to add to the list. You can clear the Select checkbox to remove the device engine or interface from the list. When you've added the appropriate device engines or interfaces, select the Add All Selected Items button. These will appear in the Threshold column of the notification table; you can delete them from the table by selecting their red Xs in the Delete column.

Threshold

Displays the threshold for the notification. The threshold depends on the event type.

  • Device Engine Messages Idle: The threshold is the number of minutes the device engine or interface has been in an idle state before triggering an alert.
  • Device Engine Messages Pending: The threshold is the number of pending messages for the device engine or interface. 
  • Interface Status Change: The threshold is when the device engine or interface changes to one or more statuses selected:
    • Interface status changed to Running
    • Interface status changed to Standby
    • Interface status changed to Unstable

      Note

      Status is metadata received with regular handshakes from a configured device engine. This does not look at the AdminCenter > Instrument Setup > Instruments > Active or Standby settings.


Exclusions

Displays any exclusions set for the Device Engine Messages Idle notification threshold. Select the Exclusions button to open the Time Exclusions pop-up, where you can set days and/or times that the notification should not be sent, even if the threshold has been met. The Exclusions text on the button will be green and italic if there are exclusions configured.

  • Active: Select to set the exclusion as active.
  • Description: Enter a brief description for the exclusion.
  • Exclusion Time Start: Enter a day of the week and time in which the exclusion should begin.
  • Exclusion Time End: Enter a day of the week and time in which the exclusion should stop.
  • Time is inclusive: Select to start the exclusion period at the start time and end the exclusion period through the end time on the end date, including all hours. If you don't select this checkbox, the exclusion period begins at the start time and ends on the end time on each day beginning with the start date and ending with the end date, which would exclude any hours that fall after the end time and before the start time of the next day.
  • Delete: Select the X to delete the exclusion from the list.
  • Add: Select to add another exclusion to the list. 
Delete

Select the red X in the Delete column to remove the notification from the list. 

Add Recipient

Select to open the Add Event Recipient pop-up and then select the appropriate button to select the type of recipient who should receive the alert:

  • Event Log: Select this button to add an event to the event log for the notification. Enter the name of the event log, note, description, delivery type, and delivery detail in the available fields.
  • External Recipient: Select this button to add an external recipient line to the notification. You may then enter the appropriate information for the recipient.
  • Location: Select this button to add a location to the notification recipients. Select a location(s) on the Location Search page and then select Add All Selected Items to add the location(s) to the notification recipient list. 
  • User: Select this button to add a system user to the notification. Use the User Search page to select a system user.


Adding Notification Recipients

When you add recipients to system-level, interface-level, patient-level, order-level, order choice-level, user-level notifications, or device engine notifications, be sure to complete all of the appropriate fields. The system pre-fills as many fields as possible. You may not edit these pre-filled fields. Also note that the system outlines required fields that you still need to complete in red.

Active

The active status of the recipient. Be sure to select this checkbox to enable the notification. Clear this checkbox to prevent the system from sending alerts to this recipient for this event.

Name

The name of the person receiving the alert. This field is required.

Description

An explanation of who the recipient is. The system automatically enters "Staff Member" for staff members.

Delivery Type

Select Fax, Email, or Client Services Item from this drop-down list to set how the system notifies the recipient.

Delivery Detail

For fax or email recipients, enter the email address or fax number for the recipient. The system automatically enters the correct information for the staff member recipient, based on your Delivery Type selection. For client services item recipients, select the Details link to select the appropriate Department, Priority, Reason, and Status delivery information in the Client Services Item Details dialog box. This field and/or these selections are required.

Notification Interval

Enter in Hours and Minutes  how often the system should notify the fax or email recipient. These fields are required.

Delete

select X in the Delete column to remove the corresponding recipient from the list.

OK

If your modifications are complete, select OK to record all changes and return to the previous page. Otherwise, complete the remaining sections, and then select OK. Note that the system has not yet fully saved your event settings.

Once you return to the previous page, select Save to fully save the critical event.