Description
Use the Order Choice Types page to view, add, or edit order choice types. When you create an order choice type for order choices used in cytology accessioning or in the Freezer Storage module, you must select the option to not send the order message when the sample is collected, so that your system does not send an order when the sample is marked as "collected." This allows you to manually control the release of cytology and storage orders, as appropriate. For cytology, you assign order choice types to protocols, which are rules for creating cytology sets to order. See the Cytology Protocols topic. For storage order choices, the setting to stop sending order messages causes your system not to transmit the order, since it is being used as a record for the storage of the sample. You may later add other order choices to perform testing on the stored samples.
Access
AdminCenter > Order Choice Setup > Order Choice Types
You must have the necessary security permissions to access the Order Choice Types page.
Technical Manual
Order Choice Types List
The Order Choice Types list page contains a list of up to 10 order choice types displayed in alphabetical order.
| Show active only | Select the checkbox to view only active order choice types in the list. Set the active/inactive status in the Order Choice Type Details section of the Order Choice Types details page. See "Adding or Editing Order Choice Type Details" below. |
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| Name | Enter an order choice type into the search-as-you-type field to narrow the list. Delete the text from the field to return to the full list. |
| Add | Select to create a new order choice type in the Order Choice Types details page. See "Adding or Editing Order Choice Type Details" below. |
| Refresh | Select to update the list based on the filter. |
| Name link | Select the order choice type name link to view or edit the order choice type's details. Select Save to save any changes made to the order choice type. |
| Show ___ entries | The list displays up to 10 order choice types. If the list is longer than one page, use the field to specify the number of order choice types that appear on the page, or select the left or right arrows located above or below the list to navigate through the list. |
Adding or Editing Order Choice Type Details
Use the Order Choice Types details page to create order choice types for use with cytology orders and in the Freezer Storage module. See the Accession Cytology topic. You can also use this section to modify the order choice type's information.
| Order Choice Type | Enter the full name of the order choice type in the field. This field is required. |
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| Order choice type is designated for storage | If your facility is using the Freezer Storage module, this checkbox is available to have your system consider all order choices with this type available for the Freezer Storage module. Once this checkbox is selected for an order choice type and the Freezer Storage module is enabled, your system enforces the following:
Note Storage order choices do not appear on Completion or Turnaround Time Reports and they will not appear on the Result Delivery report because they are not delivered. |
| Active | Select the checkbox to enable users to select the order choice type for cytology and storage order choices. Clear this checkbox to restrict users from using the order choice type. If the order choice list is inactive, the system clears it from the Order Choice Types list page when you select the Show active only checkbox. |
| Description | Enter the description of the order choice type in the field. To edit the order choice type description, highlight or delete text already displayed in the field, then modify as desired. |
| ID Generation | Select to define a sample ID or order ID generation rule for an order choice type so that any order choice that has this order choice type assigned to it will follow the order choice type's sample ID or order ID formats. See the ID Generation topic. You must have the necessary security settings to access the ID Generation page. |
| Is combinable | Select the checkbox to allow order choices that have order choice type-based ID generation to combine onto a single sample as long as the two order choices are both assigned to the same order choice type. This setting will only be visible when ID Generation has been defined for the order choice type. |
| Stop order message from being sent to lab when sample is marked as collected | Select the checkbox to restrict your system from automatically transmitting orders when a sample is collected. Clear this checkbox to enable your system to send the order report as soon as the sample is marked as collected. When you create an order choice type for order choices used in cytology accessioning or in the Freezer Storage module, you must select the option to not send the order message when the sample is collected, so that your system does not send an order when the sample is marked as collected. This allows you to manually control the release of cytology and storage orders, as appropriate. See the Accession Cytology topic. |
| Create duplicate order if matching order is received with different Placer Order Number | Select the checkbox to allow order choices that are assigned to that type to create duplicate orders if a matching order is received with a different placer order number via HL7. For this setting to take effect, the host that the order is received from must be configured to Match order components for a patient by using a five minute window of time. |
| Match Case ID between an AP order choice and a clinical order choice's sample ID | Select the checkbox to allow order choices with AP case IDs to assign it as the sample ID on the same order (both must have the same order choice type). This also inversely assigns the sample ID from a clinical order choice as the case ID on an AP case for the same order. |
| Allow AP Case ID to be edited manually | Select the checkbox to allow users to edit the AP Case ID on the Enter Specimen Part pop-up on Order Patient Samples. |
| Generate separate report for this type's results | Select the checkbox to have your system generate a separate report for order choices with the order choice type. Enabling this setting will cause the page count to restart. Your system will print patient and order-level comments (if present) for each report. After selecting the checkbox, the following search-as-you-type fields are enabled, allowing you to search for and select layout templates to be used for the report:
Enabling this setting will cause a page break before and after the report for this group and page count will be restarted. |
| Change Log | Select to view the change log for the selected order choice type. See the Change Log topic. You must have the necessary security right to access the Change Log page. |
| Save | Select to add the order choice type to the list page or to save the edits you made to an existing order choice type. |
| < Back to List | Select to return to the Order Choice Types list page without adding an order choice type or saving changes. |
