Description
Use the Ordering Provider Search page to search for and select a provider for the current order. If there were no matches to your search, the system alerts you to that fact, and you may either search again, or you may add an external provider. Select Cancel to return to the previous page.
Access
- Select Search next to the Ordering Provider field on TaskCenter > Manage Orders > Order Patient Samples page and TaskCenter > View Results > Location Inbox and User Inbox pages.
- Select Search next to the Use this ordering provider search field on AdminCenter > System Setup > Locations page.
- Select Search next to the Recipient or Ordering Provider field on AdminCenter > Manage > Scheduled Events page.
- Select the Go to advanced search filter link on the Ordering Provider Search quick search pop-up on TaskCenter > Manage Orders > Order Patient Samples page.
- Enter one or more characters in the ordering provider search field, and then select Search on AdminCenter > Rules > Order Entry Rules page.
Technical Manual
Searching for an Ordering Provider
| Search | Select in or enter text in field and select the button. You may use an asterisk in the search field to search for names, using either complete or incomplete first or last names. For example:
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| Show Advanced Search | Select the checkbox to display advanced filter fields you can use to search for an ordering provider. |
| Last Name | Displays the last name of the ordering provider. |
| First Name | Displays the first name of the ordering provider. |
| ID | Displays the ID of the ordering provider. |
| SSN/Contact ID | Displays the Social Security Number of the ordering provider. If the system is set to serve only veterinary clients, this field will display the Contact ID of the ordering provider. |
| UPIN | Displays the unique physician identification number of the ordering provider. |
| Practice ID | Displays the practice ID of the ordering provider. |
| Host Code | Displays the ordering provider's host code. |
| Phone | Displays the phone number of the ordering provider. |
| Ordering Provider | Select the name of a provider to return to the previous page with that name selected for the Ordering Provider search-as-you-type field. If the name you select is an external provider, the system opens the Add External Provider pop-up. |
| Save | Select to save changes on the page. |
| Cancel | Select to return to the previous page without selecting a provider. |
Adding an External Provider
| Add External Provider | Select to add a provider who is not currently in the database (such as a specialist who has ordered testing for the patient). See the Add External Provider Pop-up topic. |
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| Cancel | Select to return to the previous page without selecting a provider. |
