This new feature allows users to control the visibility of individual orders - ideal for requisitions containing sensitive information.
By default, LabOrders manages visibility through grant-level privileges. Typically, if a user has "View" access to a grant, they can see all associated orders to encourage collaboration within a work unit. However, we recognize that certain situations require more control over privacy.
If this new feature is active in your institution, a user can restrict the visibility of their requisition, by following the steps below:
1) Enter the edit requisition form by clicking the Edit requisition... option.
2) Set the desired behavior for the requisition on the new Visibility dropdown.
- Normal: all users with access to the Grant can see the requisition (this is the default behavior for all new requisitions).
Your username: if you select your username the requisition will be visible only to you and to other privileged users with access to all documents (e.g.: approvers and service users). This is what LabOrders calls a Private requisition.
⚠ Note I: You may be able to see more users if someone has made the requisition private to themselves. However, you can only select one user.
⚠ Note II: Please note that selecting your own username and saving the changes will remove the previous user's name from the list of options, and they may no longer have access to that requisition.
3) The new setting is applied once you click Save.
4) Private requisitions can be identified in the Orders list by the icon shown below.
⚠ Note: The requisition visibility can be changed as long as the "Edit requisition..." option is available.