As for the other one:
Highlight the patient in your inbox whose order you wish to redo. Then either select View --> Orders or I just click on CTRL + O.
You will then see your orders. Right-click on the order you wish to resend, and select either Print or Print all. This will bring up your requisition identical to the one before complete with the actual date.
There are many variables here, and you will need to choose which way you want to go. First, you have to understand that if you click on the Lab tab and select labs one at a time, you will notice they will populate the right side of the window individually. This will mean they will show up under the order section above as individual lab orders even though you printed them out as one order originally. AC does this on purpose so you can reconcile individual orders. If you reconcile your orders in that way, you will need to print each individually. Now, custom orders will show all labs that your ordered and print one page. But, I don't know how you reconcile those unless you eventually put all the lab values in the results box and reconcile it.
If you use Custom Orders, you will not know what the orders are in the Orders window until you highlight, and they will show in the comments field near the bottom. If that is OK, then you can always use the Custom Orders every time and even use templates. This seems like the most efficient way to do it. Remember, though, how many times do you need to reprint orders?
Obviously, if you have a lab set in the order section called Dysuria and you make it a template for U/A, U/A micro and Urine culture, clicking on Dysuria will give you only one box at the right and, therefore, only one lab req to print out.
We either use the Custom Order section or use the Quick Add. By using the Quick Add, you can force it to make only one lab. So, you can type in Quick Add --> Orders: CBC, LDH, Uric acid and CMP, then select it. This gives you one order and shows the orders in the Orders window. We then have a staff member delete it from the labs templates the following day since they will all be under Orders. Unfortunately, there are so many workarounds to do. We don't reconcile labs as we have a better method, although I am sure we will be forced one day by the United Stated Federal Government and Congress located in Washington D.C. I believe this was the method put forth by Thomas Jefferson, but it was vetoed by the president at the time.
