Resuming a Held Medication Order
You may be able to Resume a Medication order that is currently on Hold, if your system administrator has enabled this feature. The Resume function is not available for any other type of order (such as Labs or Radiology).
You can resume an order from either the Orders module or the Medications module. Instructions for both are listed below.
NOTE: When resuming held orders, you might see clinical decision support (CDS) alerts (see Reviewing Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Alerts). After submitting an order, you might see alerts about drug or allergy interactions or duplicate orders (see Reviewing Interaction and Duplicate Order Alerts). Alerts can provide clinical data or inform you of issues related to an order.
To resume a held medication order from the Orders module:
1. In the Orders module, under the Existing Orders section of the Orders Summary, identify the held medication order that you want to resume and then take either of the actions below. (Medication orders that are on hold are preceded by this icon: 
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.)-Select the held medication order to open the Order Details screen, and then tap Resume 
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.-Swipe right-to-left on the held medication order’s row. When the context buttons appear, select More 
and then select Resume from the menu.
and then select Resume from the menu. The Resume Order screen displays.
2. Enter the reason for resuming the medication in the Resume Reason field, as well as the Resume Date/Time, and then tap Save.
The Order Summary is re-displayed and the resumed order is listed in the New Orders section. The word “Resume:” precedes the order description and the Resume Reason and Resume Date/Time are added to the end.
3. Tap Sign & Submit 
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.The resume is submitted to the server. The order is moved from the New Orders section to the Existing Orders section.
To resume a held medication order from the Medications module:
1. In the Medications module, select the held medication that you want to resume.
The Medication Details screen is displayed.
2. Tap the Detail tab 
, if it is not already selected, so that you can review the details for the medication before resuming it.
, if it is not already selected, so that you can review the details for the medication before resuming it.3. Tap Resume (listed just above the details).
(listed just above the details). The Resume Order screen displays.
4. Enter the reason for resuming the medication in the Resume Reason field, as well as the Resume Date/Time, and then tap Save.
The Orders Summary in the Orders module is displayed. The word “Resume:” precedes the order description and the Resume Reason and Resume Date/Time are added to the end.
5. Tap Sign & Submit .
.The resume is submitted to the server. The order is moved from the New Orders section to the Existing Orders section.
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