Administration Functions for the Medication Order (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC Industry Extension Healthcare 6.0 the new Medication module provides the possibility of creating and managing medication orders.

Administration functions for the order are available to the user in the views of the Medication Orders view type (order views) as well as in the order dialog. These functions can be used to map

customer-specific workflows in both the inpatient and outpatient environments.

The flexible status concept of the order enables the implementation of different intermediate steps from the saved order through to the activated order depending on customer requirements. The system also offers a range of functions which directly access the order processing procedure. This means you can, for example, temporarily suspend an order and then resume the order at a later time, end an order early, or extend an order.

The following functions are available for managing and processing medication orders: Activate Order function

This function is available to the user in the Medication Orders view type. The function activates a saved valid order with the internal status 'Active'. The system will automatically set any saved events of the order to the internal status 'Confirmed'.

Suspend Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type. The function suspends an active, valid order, i.e. sets the internal status 'Inactive'. The system cancels the events of the order which are in the future and have not yet been administered.

With the business add-in (BAdI) N1ME_CHANGE_SUSPORD you can customer-specifically override this function.

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type. The function resumes an inactive valid order, i.e. resets the internal status 'Active'. The system also calls event generation for this order. End Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type. With this function the user can end an order before the actual end time of the period of validity. The system sets the status of the order to the internal status 'Ended' and cancels all future events of the order which have not yet been administered. You can use BAdI N1ME_CHANGE_ENDORDER to customer-specifically influence this function. Cancel Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type. The system cancels the order and all its dependent objects, such as events and preparations. You should only use this function in case of error. Create Order Template Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type. The user can select different cases and patients in order to create templates or template groups for the order. The resulting order template transfers the order data without patient or movement-related data. The user can enhance and change the data in the order dialog.

Depending on whether the use selected one or more templates, he will access the following mode: - Create individual template

- Create template group

A template can be used to quickly and easily create orders for therapy requirements which are needed often. You can group templates into template groups. If the user uses a template group for the order, all drugs of this template group are automatically ordered.

Within the framework of template groups you can use various transactions to assign order templates or groups to a diagnosis, an organizational unit or a user.

Change Order Status Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for any orders with the internal status 'Saved'. This function is used to switch between the external status and the internal status 'Saved'. The internal order status 'Saved' is the only internal status which can have several external statuses assigned. This means the user can map specific work steps e.g., saved -> pending review -> reviewed.

You should note that, when selecting multiple orders, you can only enter one status to which all selected orders will be set.

You can use BAdI N1ME_CHANGE_MOSTATUS to customer-specifically influence this function. Assign/Undo Order Profile Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for any orders for a patient and in the order dialog for the corresponding order.

Order profiles are used to group several orders which are connected, for example, from a therapeutic point of view. You can assign orders to a profile and define the sequence of the individual orders. You can also enter sequence texts which you can display as information which should be taken into account in the order.

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for any orders of a case for patient. Display Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for any orders of a case for patient. Print Order Function

This function is available in the order dialog and can either be called for an individual order (print details) or for several orders (print overview) .

Copy Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for an order. The system transfers the data of the order to be copied into the new order. However, the user must enter, for example, the patient number, the case number, and the employee responsible (EmR).

Once the necessary data has been entered, the user access the order dialog, where he can make changes to the copied order data.

You can use the BAdI N1ME_COPY_ORDER to customer-specifically influence this function. Extend Order Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for a valid order. The new end time of the period of validity results from the previous end time of the period of validity and the entered extension duration.

You can use BAdI N1ME_CHANGE_EXTEND to customer-specifically influence this function. Display Change Documents Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for an order. The system displays the change document information such as, for example, the change user, change date, name of changed field, etc..

Display Status History Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for one order and can also optionally be called using a hotspot on the order status.

The system displays status history information such as, for example, the customer-specific status of the medication order, description of the status of the medication order, employee responsible for setting the status, date on which the status was set, etc..

Confirm Changes Function

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for one order. It is used to confirm order changes and to reset the change indicator of the order.

You should note that the change indicator of the order is only set if a user other than the creation user makes changes to the order. As standard all changes to the order set the change indicator. You can use the BAdI N1ME_CHDVER_DETERMIN to override this behavior and, for example, only set the indicator for specific field changes.

Only the user who created the order and assigned the employee responsible can call the Confirm Changes function. The system displays information on the changed order such as, for example, the user name of the person who made the changes, the date of the changes, etc..

This function is available in the Medication Orders view type for an order with flow rates. The function is used to confirm the flow rate changes and reset the change indicator of the flow rate.

You should note that the change indicator of the flow rate is only set if a user other than the creation user makes changes to the flow rate. As standard all changes to the flow rate from the order status 'Active' set the change indicator. You can use the BAdI N1ME_NEWRVER_DETERMI to override this behavior and, for example, only set the indicator for specific flow rate changes.

Only the user who created the order, and therefore the flow rate, and assigned the employee responsible can call the Confirm Flow Ratefunction.

The system displays information on the changed/new flow rate such as, for example, the ID of the flow rate of the order, the user name of the person who made the changes, the change date, etc..

Effects on Customizing

In order to be able to use this function, you must activate the business function Clinical Solution i.s.h.med (ISHMED_MAIN).

See also

You can find further information on medication in general and on medication orders in the release note - i.s.h.med Medication (New)

- Medication Order (New)

- Medication Orders View Type (New)