Edit Orders in an Order Set

• If you haven't already:

1. Click Tools (ALT+L).

2. Click Build Personal Order Sets (ALT+B).

• Open the order form:

3. Click the green order set containing the order to change. (Sets and templates are organized into yellow folders by service or clinical condition. Click a yellow folder to display its contents.)

4. Click Edit (ALT+E).

5. The Orders For This Session list opens. Click to select the line for the order you want to change.

6. Click Edit (ALT+E). The order is displayed on the appropriate form.

• Change the order as needed:

7. Update the parameters:

Depending on the type of order, only certain fields can be changed after an order has been signed.

• Click to select from drop-down lists .

• Type over, delete, or add to text entries.

• Click to select different options . These are mutually exclusive; selecting one in a group automatically deselects the others.

• Click to check or uncheck items .

• For checkbox or drop-down list selections with additional information, click the button to the right to display the entry form.

• For certain orders, click the labeled button—clinical history, reasons, or restrictions, for example—to open the form for editing.

8. Click OK (ALT+O) to return to Orders For This Session.

• Update the set as needed:

9. Write additional orders for the set as needed. See Writing Orders.

10. Delete orders from the set as needed. See Deleting Orders From a Set.

• Save the changes:

11. Click Sign (ALT+S)

12. When prompted, type your signing key.

13. Click OK (ALT+O) to return to the Definer.

• Close the definer:

14. Click OK (ALT+O).

15. Click Exit to UCM Options (ALT+X).