Lab Interface: Configure Medical Necessity Statements

Facilities can customize the rationale for toxicology and/or clinical lab orders. Standard statements can be created in the Orders Settings tab and can be further customized at the time the order is created.

Add/Edit Statements of Medical Necessity

You can create as many statements as needed to reflect your policies and procedures. You can also designate a default statement. To add or update a Statement of Medical Necessity, use the following steps:

1. Click on your initials and choose Settings.
    
2. Open the Orders tab.
3. All statements created will display. 
   • Default: Check this box for a statement that you'd like to appear on every order. 
   • Enabled: Check this box to make the statement available for selection when the order is placed. Alternatively, uncheck the box to remove the statement from being used.
   • Delete: Click the X button to remove a statement entirely.
4. Click the Add item button to create a new statement.
5. Name the statement. This is what the physician will select to add the statement when creating the Lab Order. 
6. Add the Content of the statement.
7. Click Update to save your changes. 
8. Use the [drag] icon to reposition the order of the statements. You may need to refresh the page to use this feature on newly added items.