Opening the Next Order

When you complete a dictation, InteleViewer has features to help you choose and open the next order.

You can quickly see if STAT orders are waiting for dictation without needing to return to the worklist. A red icon appears in the Worklist tab when there is at least one STAT report.

The red icon stays on the Worklist tab until you have dictated the last STAT report on your list. This is especially helpful if you also use the Automatically Open Next Order option.

When enabled, the Automatically Open Next Order option opens the next order for you when you complete a dictation. It chooses the next order based on how you sort the worklist and the position of the current, completed order in the worklist:

• If the current order was first in the Ready tab of the worklist, then InteleViewer opens the new, first order in the worklist. In other words, if you start with the first order, then InteleViewer always opens the first order.
• If the current order is not first, then InteleViewer opens the next order. For example, if you sort the worklist by Study Date and you complete the report for the fourth order, then InteleViewer opens the fifth most recent order.

To always open the order with the highest priority:

1. In the Ready tab of the worklist, sort orders from highest to lowest priority. See Sorting the Worklist.
2. Open the first order in the worklist.

3. In the Patient Record tab, enable Automatically Open Next Order.

   When you complete your dictation, InteleViewer opens the new, first order in the worklist. Because you sorted the worklist by priority, this order will have the highest priority.