Standardized Hospital Admission Orders

The purpose of the Standardized Admission Orders is to reduce variability, simplify work processes and improve the quality of patient care services, especially for family physicians because the scope of their specialty is vast. During a typical day, it is normal for them to encounter a wide variety of patient problems, and nowhere is it as difficult – or important – for them to strive for consistency, efficiency and accuracy in patient care as in the hospital setting.

When standardized admission orders were first developed seven years ago, there were 27 conditions that were thought to be most useful. There are currently 29 admission orders that cover the conditions that the family physicians most frequently encounter in the hospital. It has been observed that this order set covers more than 90 percent of hospital admissions. These order sets are updated every two years.

The admission orders cover the following conditions: Acute Mental Status Change, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Acute Pancreatitis, ASA Overdose, Asthma, Chest Pain, Childhood Bacterial Meningitis, Community Acquired Pneumonia, Congestive Heart Failure, Croup, CVA, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, DVT Lovenox Therapy, DVT Discharge, Endometritis, HIV Pneumonia, Hyperkalemia, Hypernatremia, Hypokalemia, Hyponatremia, Lower GI Bleed, Intractable Headache, Neutropenic Fever, Partial Small Bowel Obstruction, Pediatric Vomiting-Diarrhea-Dehydration, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Pyelonephritis, Seizures, Upper GI Bleed