If you haven't already, open the chemo builder
Add a diagnosis
In the chemotherapy builder, click the Diagnosis folder.
Click Add (ALT+A).
Press TAB and type the name and a description.
Click OK (ALT+O).
Diagnoses are listed in alphabetical order by name. These are the options for selection on the diagnoses tab for each regimen.
Diagnoses are automatically typed as oncology. Diagnoses for non-oncology use must be changed (see below).
Once a regimen is activated, it is stored in the applicable diagnosis folder or folders, as well as the Regimens folder.
Physicians ordering a chemotherapy regimen must select a diagnosis first. This limits the regimen options to those that apply to the given diagnosis.
See below for mapping indications to the new diagnosis. Indications for treatment are required for most chemotherapy regimens and protocols written for adults. Indications include curative versus non-curative intent for solid tumors, or adjuvant/neoadjuvant/curative intent versus palliative/metastatic for hematological malignancies. The provider must update the indication when ordering chemotherapy after 60 days.
See also:
Associate a diagnosis with indications for treatment—See Mapping indications to a diagnosis.
Diagnosis for non-oncology only—See Changing the intended use to non-oncology in the diagnosis/indications editor.
Searching existing regimens and protocols—for meds, folders, order sets, physician instructions, med/IV/chemo instructions, or general care other orders