02 — Capability · BC-1820.20
Clinical Orders & Results
Let clinicians order tests, treatments and services electronically, with decision support at the moment of ordering, and get every result back to the person who must act on it. Performing the test or exam is clinical support services.
- CPOE
- Computerized Provider Order Entry
- Clinical Order Management
- Results Management
In scope
- Electronic order entry, order sets and order routing
- Clinical decision support rules and alerts at the point of ordering
- Results review, acknowledgment and follow-up
- Critical result communication
Out of scope
- Performing laboratory tests (see BC-1830.10)
- Performing and reading imaging exams (see BC-1830.20)
- Pharmacy verification of medication orders (see BC-1830.30)
Realized by · 6
- Epic · Clinical Recordcore via BC-1820.20.10
- Oracle Health · Oracle Health EHRcore via BC-1820.20.40
- Oracle Health · Clinical AI Agentstrong via BC-1820.20.10
- MEDITECH Expanse · Expanse for Physicianscore via BC-1820.20.10
- MEDITECH Expanse · Expanse Pharmacystrong via BC-1820.20.30
- MEDITECH Expanse · Surveillancepartial via BC-1820.20.30
Used in · 3
Build it · 1
Decomposes into · 5
- BC-1820.20.10Electronic Order EntryLet authorized clinicians place, modify and cancel orders electronically, with each order routed to the department that will fulfill it.
- BC-1820.20.20Order Set GovernanceBuild, approve, review and retire the order sets clinicians use, with a named owner and evidence for each, so common orders are consistent and current.
- BC-1820.20.30Clinical Decision Support RulesDesign, test and tune the alerts, reminders and checks that appear during ordering and documentation, and review alerts that are routinely overridden, tuning or retiring them through clinical governance.
- BC-1820.20.40Results Review & AcknowledgmentDeliver each result to the responsible clinician, record that it was seen and acted on, and route results that arrive after discharge or a shift change.
- BC-1820.20.50Critical Result CommunicationMake sure critical and unexpected results reach a responsible clinician within the set time, with the handoff recorded and escalated when no one answers.