How to Assign an Order?

Patient > Clinical > Orders & Results > Lab > Order

Follow the above mentioned workflow to land on the Lab Orders tab.

Click expand icon to view order details.

Lab Order Screen

Click ‘Assign’ to view the ‘Result Assignment’ popup.

Assign Button

User can assign this lab order to practice users or other clinical staff as desired from here.

A reason is to be given for assigning this lab order to someone. User can select an already added reason from the master list drop down or add a new reason by clicking the ‘+’ icon.

Result Assignment Popup

To add a new reason, click the ‘+’ icon and type in the reason. Click ‘Save’ to assign the order.

Assign Reason

A lab order is assigned to the specified user along with the reason added by the user.

Reason Added in the Log

To assign a reason for a lab order or result, the user should have permissions enabled from the ‘Settings’. 

The ‘+’ icon is not visible if the user does not have the permission to add reason.

Click here, to enable permissions.

The system maintains an audit trail of user permissions so that all the lab order/result reason assignment activity can be logged. Click here to view the audit trail.