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Ordering Medications/Labs/Referrals Outside of Clinic

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Making management changes outside of clinic:

Formulate your plan
Discuss with your TS mentor
Send your plan to Dr. Meah, David Skovran, TS Mentor, and Chief TS in Epic as a staff message.
To add an order or refill a medication, in Epic you can either 1) File a "Refill Medication" encounter (only if REFILLING a medication, though, NO NEW orders can be placed this way) or 2) addend an Office Visit and pend the order and include the date of the visit in the staff message.
Note that telephone encounter are ONLY for documenting the changes in management or ordering medications or consult referrals. Any imaging referrals should be done through previous office visits. For more instructions, click here
Don’t add orders to a student note
Document your final plan in Epic as a telephone encounter once approved
Communicate the plan with patient

If ordering labs, please make sure to designate as a Future order
If sending to IMA for labs during week, inform them to go to CAM Lobby Labs Room (17 E 102nd St), M-F 9AM-3:30PM for lab draw

Click on your InBasket tab at the top of your Epic screen
Choose the NEW MSG tab
Address the message to the following: Dr. Meah, David Skovran, TS Mentor, and Chief TS
Populate "subject" with "med refill", "update in management", "orders to be signed" or another descriptor of your choosing
Populate "patient" with the MRN of your pt and it should auto-populate with the name
In the message, outline your plan, your request (i.e., med refill, new med script, new referral, etc) and be sure to include the date of the office visit where you pended the order.
If you did not actually put the order in but are requesting the order be placed by the provider, then please indicate this.