Setting up standing orders in EHR

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Looking for some assistance. My ASC is going paperless and I'm in charge of getting everything setup and ready to go. I'm currently trying to figure out how to setup standing orders for surgery. I'm thinking the best way to do it would write up the standing orders and have each doctor sign theirs and scan in. I can set it up to where whenever a certain doctor has a patient sent to schedule for a particular surgery that the correct standing orders generate and are saved to the patient's chart. I'm not sure if this is the best/right way to do this and I am hoping that someone has some experience in this. Thanks in advance!

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

I'm not sure I completely understand your question. Order sets can be built in the EHR so that they are quick and easy for providers to enter.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

You can enter order sets into the EHR which will make it easier for the Physicians to write or enter their orders for patients, but every regulatory body I'm aware of doesn't allow what you seem to be describing.

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Well, if you are paper charting, there is such a thing as standing orders that can be signed off and have to be reviewed annually. A copy is supposed to be in the chart or on hand for reference. From what we have searched and seen that is approved and ok to do. We were just trying to see if we could do it the same way but just scan the doc into the computer to be attached to each patient that has to go to surgery. We know that you can setup order sets in EHR, the doctors just wanted it even "easier" for them. Trying to make sure we do it right and user friendly all at the same time.

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Specializes in O.R., Endo, Emergency, Education, Nurser.

Which program did you go with? Do you know anything about AMKI or Source?

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