Imaging Cache Path

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Imaging Archive Path

The Archive Path is the permanent storage location for all documents and images maintained by the NextGen® Document Management application. It differs from the Network Share Location in that it functions at the practice level rather than the enterprise level. The Archive Path replaces the Network Share Location when you activate remote scanning. When you use remote scanning, all images scanned at a remote location are moved at regular intervals by the Remote Scanning Network Service from that location's temporary storage folder to the Archive Path. The Archive Path must be: located at the main site of the practice. accessible on the network to and from all remote storage locations. set up before NextGen® Document Management can save images to network storage locations. The application displays error message if the Archive Path has not been set up. Note: Before you can assign a network folder to serve as the Archive Path, the folder must be identified as a storage location in NextGen® D

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Imaging Practice Preferences

The Imaging Practice Preferences enable you to set archive and cache paths for the storage of all documents and images maintained by the NextGen® Document Management application. For more information on these settings and using the NextGen® Document Management application, see the NextGen® Document Management user guide. Imaging Archive Path Imaging Cache Path Imaging Hard Delete Feature Deleting Refiled PAQ Entries Send Annotations with Images to NextGen Patient Portal Duplicate Alert Message Parent topic: Practice Preferences

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Practice Preferences for Storing Images and Documents

You can set archive and cache paths for storing all documents and images maintained by NextGen® Document Management. For more information on NextGen® Document Management, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest User Guide for NextGen Document Management. The table describes the different preferences that you can set for your practice. Archive Path Select a preconfigured location to store your images. Archive Path is the permanent storage location for all documents and images maintained by NextGen® Document Management. This path replaces the network share location when you activate remote scanning. All images scanned at a remote location are moved at regular intervals by the remote scanning network service from that location's temporary storage folder to the archive path. The archive path must be located at the main site of the practice and must be accessible on the network to and from all remote storage locations. You must set up the path before NextGen® Doc

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Set Up the Cache Path

Access the File Maintenance application and select Master Files > Document Management > Practices The Practices List window opens. Double-click on the Practice for which you want to set the Cache Path. The Modify Practice Information window opens. Select the Preferences button. The Practice Preferences window opens. Select the Imaging tab. Select one of the pre-configured storage locations listed in the drop-down menu of the Cache Path field. If the storage location you want to use is not listed, you must create it. Select OK on the bottom of the Practice Preferences window. Select OK on the Modify Practice Information window. Select Close on the Practices List window. Parent topic: Imaging Cache Path

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Setting Up Storage Locations

A storage location is a folder on your network that holds the scanned images and documents you generate when you use NextGen® Document Management. The setup for the storage locations must exist in File Maintenance before you can assign any of them to serve as either a permanent or temporary archive or a cache for scanned images. If you are using NextGen® Document Management for a single location, then you can create only one network storage location to serve as the permanent network share location for all scanned images. CAUTION: To comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) requirements for security of patients’ medical information, you should encrypt all instances of patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI) that are stored on portable media devices using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) – 128-bit or higher. For more information on the security of patients’ medical

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise

Setting Up Storage Locations

A storage location is a folder on your network that holds the scanned images and documents you generate when you use NextGen® Document Management. The setup for the storage locations must exist in File Maintenance before you can assign any of them to serve as either a permanent or temporary archive or a cache for scanned images. If you are using NextGen® Document Management for a single location, then you can create only one network storage location to serve as the permanent network share location for all scanned images. CAUTION: To comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) requirements for security of patients’ medical information, you should encrypt all instances of patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI) that are stored on portable media devices using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) – 128-bit or higher. For more information on the security of patients’ medical

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