You can make templates in the current order section - one of the other people here has numbered some so they are near the top. I just find having a nicely alphabetized list of lab orders so I can go through and check the diagnsoses I want and then multiple different labs makes it more standardized than using the old Version 4.
I guess the dilemma with UA's for instance is that when we are busy it is difficult for the lab to do microscopic UA and then fax to me to wait to decide if I want culture. For adult medicine this works pretty effectively - certainly for some I order Urinalysis with Culture and Sensitivity regardless (caths, etc), but for plain everyday UA's for adult pts the above works fairly well.
I think the good thing about orders is that with the new system there is standardized orders - it is really nice for x-rays and MRI's particularly if someone is gung ho enough to put in CPT codes (I wasn't). It does make your chart look better, I think. But whatever floats your boat (LOL) -- I just think the order writer is not that bad (have used for several months).
