Q: Does the Dispense Sample action create a task?

Q: Does the Dispense Sample action create a task?

When a provider selects Dispense Sample as the communication method in the medication dialog box, this created a Dispense Sample Task for the clinical staff.

The certified workflow for this action is as follows

• Provider selects dispense sample, fills in the appropriate sig information, clicks ok
• The Provider is required to respond to any DUR warnings that come up.
• The provider changes the patient status to Orders Pending' on the floating clinical toolbar to inidicate to clinical staff that a sample needs to be dispensed.

• Clinical Staff select the task list menu
• Clinical Staff select the view that looks at all tasks for the current patient encounter

• Double click on the Dispense Sample task
• After dispensing the medication click ok