Q: What is the difference between the different HMP actions?

Temporary Deferral Leaves the order reminder on the patient’s Health Management Plan but allows the provider to move the date. Allows the provider to record a reason for the deferral.

Permanent Deferral Removes the order reminder from the patient’s Health Management Plan but allows the provider to record a reason for the deferral.

• Preferences can be set to prompt or require a reason for either or both deferral actions

Note that Permanent Deferral, D/C (discontinue), EIE (entered in error), and Complete have the functional effects but the reason for the action is different.

All four have these same effects:

• Remove the schedule display in the row header and any due indications in the

Next column and any Overdue or Near Due indications.

• Remove the row if there are no result entries or to be done dates in any

columns and the orderable item is not part of a flow sheet definition linked to the problem.

• Remove the Problem Header if the row is removed and there are no other

rows displayed beneath the problem.

• Remove the order reminder schedule from the HMP but keep the orderable

item on the HMP if there is at least one instance of a result or order for that orderable item linked to the displayed problem.

Reason

Order Reminder Action	Reason / Description
Defer	Temporarily or permanently defers the item.
Complete	Indicates that this order reminder is completed (for example, I wanted to check the Hematocrit 5 times, and the 5 times are completed).
D/C (Discontinue)	Indicates I want to discontinue this order reminder, even though it is not yet complete.
Entered in Error	Indicates that this reminder was entered in error. For example, I entered it on the wrong patient.
Done	Creates an order for the item if one does not exist and completes the order with \'Record w/o ordering\' checked. Displays today\'s date in the Most Recent column followed by the literal text \'Completed.\' Recalculates the next due date and displays it in the To Do column. Note that this action is only available for orderable items that do not require a result.
Done…	Same as “Done” except the Order Detail page displays, allowing you to set the date the item was done. Note that this action is only available for orderable items that do not require a result.