Holidays Practice Preferences

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Appt Scheduling Practice Preferences

The Appt Scheduling practice preferences enables you to set various options and defaults that impact setup in Scheduling Administration and booking appointments in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Appt Scheduling Practice Preferences Field Descriptions Hide Time Slots to the Right of the Scheduler Book You can hide time slots to the right of the scheduler book. Time Interval Overrides You can set different time increments to schedule resources at different times for doctors to perform their standard procedure. Override Scheduling Conflicts A supervisor can override scheduling conflicts by entering their credentials. Parent topic: Practice Preferences

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Programs Practice Preferences

The Programs practice preference allows you to enable or disable program-related functionality for the practice. When you select the Enable Programs check box, you can enable Programs in NextGen® Enterprise PM, and the following functionalities are available: On the Patient Information tab in Patient Chart, the Programs sub-tab appears. The sub-tab is used to enroll patients in one or more programs. On the General tab of the Encounter Maintenance window, the Program field appears. The field is used to link encounters to a program. On the General sub-tab of the Encounters tab in Patient Chart, the Program name is displayed for encounters linked to a program. You must select the Required Encounter Level Programs check box to make the program mandatory for the encounter for specific locations in encounter maintenance. In the Limit to Valid Locations field, you must select the locations for which the program is required. For information on setting a program to be required for an encounter

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Holiday Practice Preferences Descriptions

The following table provides descriptions for the fields found in Holiday Practice Preferences. Field Description Description Enter a name for the holiday. Start Date Enter the date that the holiday starts. End Date Enter the date that the holiday ends. Start Time Enter the time that the holiday starts. End time Enter the time that the holiday ends. Suspend Appointment Scheduling Select the check box to prevent appointments from being scheduled on the holiday. If someone tries to schedule a resource on a holiday, a message informs that the date is a global holiday and the resource cannot be scheduled. Also, the resource is not available for Appointment Search Ahead for the holiday or for a multiple-day event chain that includes the holiday. When you select this check box, you can select additional resource and category options. You can override this setting for a specific resource in the Scheduling Admin in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Stop BBP Select the check box to prevent the BBP schedu

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Resources Available On Holidays

When holidays are specified in Practice Preferences, you can make a resource available for all holidays or for no holidays. You cannot select individual holidays. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the Admin menu, select Scheduling Admin. The Scheduling Administration window opens. Select the Resources tab, then double-click a resource in the list. The Edit Resource window opens. Select the Available On Holidays check box. Select OK. Parent topic: Holidays Practice Preferences

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Set Up Holiday Practice Preferences

Open Practice Preferences, and then select the Holidays Practice Preferences. Select Open Menu , and then select New. To add a new holiday, select Open Menu , and then select New. To modify a holiday, select the holiday in the list, select Open Menu , and then select Open. You can also double-click the item to open it. The Holidays window opens. Enter a Description, Start Date, End Date, Start Time and End Time for the holiday. These fields are required. Complete the remaining fields to complete your holiday setup. When you are done setting up your holiday preference, select OK to save and close the window. Parent topic: Holidays Practice Preferences

NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8

Configuring NextGen® Background Business Processor

You must meet the following requirements for NextGen® Background Business Processor configuration: The .NET Framework v4.6.2 is installed on your computer The NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service is installed on your computer The NextGen® Background Business Processor security rights is configured in the System Administrator application The NextGen® Background Business Processor preferences is configured in NextGen® Background Business Processor. The enterprise and practice for which NextGen® Background Business Processor functions are selected Note: Running NextGen® Enterprise PM processes in the background can be very demanding on the capabilities of your servers. Scheduling NextGen® Background Business Processor packages to run in NextGen® Enterprise PM helps. However, if you overload your servers with processes that run simultaneously, you may be dissatisfied with the results. NextGen Healthcare suggests that you experiment with scheduling NextGen® Background Busin

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Resources Available On Holidays

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