Viewing Historical MGH Order Information

The MGH Historical Orders Viewer includes all orders except allergies, written in Provider Order Entry before the cutover to Epic at 9 p.m. on April 1, 2016. For historical allergy records (before 10/31/2019), see Viewing the Allergy History. For the current allergy record, see the patient's Epic chart.

• To display this view, hold the mouse pointer over the OE/eMAR menu, and then click the option for MGH Orders.
• To look for orders:

1. The default is to search all visits. To limit the results, click to select a particular visit date.
2. To limit the results to a range of dates, click each Date Range field in turn and select from the calendar. You can specify only a start date (left date field), which uses the most recent order date as the end, or only an end date, which uses the earliest order as a start.
3. The default is to search all order types. To limit the results, click to select a type.
4. Click Search.

• Each item in the Results section is an order summary, including the basic description of the order.

• To print the detail of an order or orders, click to select the Expanded View option.
• To print a list of all of the orders, click Print All. The MGH Order Print window opens.
• To print a single order, click to the left of the order date. The MGH Order Print window opens.
• If there are more results than can fit, click Display More Orders.

• From the MGH Print Window:

• Move the mouse pointer the top of the window to display the toolbar, or right-click anywhere and click Show Navigation Pane Buttons.
• Click to print. See Printing a PDF for detailed instructions on printing.
• See Saving, Viewing, and Searching for instructions on these tasks.
• Click in the upper right to close the print window.

• To change the list, click the Criteria header and search again with new parameters.
• To display details of an order, click to select its line. The Zoom section opens automatically.
• To return to the list, click the Results header.