Merge Duplicate Person/Patient Records in File Maintenance

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Merge Specific Duplicate Person/Patient Records in File Maintenance

You can perform a lookup to find the specific records. The lookup ignores the search scenario criteria. A merge based on a lookup merges persons and patients regardless of whether they have a chart. To merge a specific person/patient record, do one of the following: In NextGen® Enterprise PM, select File > Processes > Patient Merge In File Maintenance, select File > Patient Merge. A reminder that the Person Merge process is database intensive appears. To continue, select Yes. The Person Merge window opens. Select Exact People. The People Lookup - Merge Person 1 window opens. Enter the search criteria for the first person or patient to use in the merge, and then select Find. When the results display, select a record, and then select Open. The People Lookup - Merge Person 2 window opens. Enter the search criteria for the second person or patient to use in the merge, and then select Find. When the results display, select the record you want to merge and then select Open. The Person Merge

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Merge Records with the Background Business Processor (BBP) in File Maintenance

You can designate the NextGenBackground Business Processor (BBP) to merge selected person/patient record pairs through an automated process. To do this, you can send the person/patient record pairs to a package in the NextGen BBP that contains a Person Merge job. To merge duplicate records with NextGen BBP: Parent topic: Person Merge - Merging Duplicate Patient Records in File Maintenance

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Merge Demographics Templates in File Maintenance

If your facility uses bothNextGen® Enterprise PMandNextGen® Enterprise EHR, you are required to select which specificNextGen® Enterprise EHRDemographic Templates from the patient's chart to keep during the merge process. When duplicate patients are merged, allNextGen® Enterprise EHRMedical Records Templates for both patients are automatically merged along with all other applicable patient data. The retained record does not include demographic information from the merged patient record. Follow the steps for merging person data. Parent topic: Person Merge - Merging Duplicate Patient Records in File Maintenance

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Security Rights for Merging Person and Patient Records in File Maintenance

Security rights enable you to limit personnel access to the merge process at four levels: Association Level.Enables users to merge duplicate person and patient records within practices that are in the same association. Enterprise Level. Enables users to merge duplicate person and patient records within the enterprise. Practice Level. Enables users to merge duplicate person and patient records within the practice he or she is logged on to. System Level. Enables users to merge duplicate person and patient records from within all practices within the system. A user with enterprise-level Person Merge access rights can run a practice-level Person Merge from any of the practices within the enterprise. A user with only practice-level Person Merge access rights cannot run an enterprise-level Person Merge. For more information on setting operations rights for Patient Merge in System Administrator, go toNextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latestSystem Administrator Guide forNe

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Significant Events for Person Merge in File Maintenance

When a patient record is merged, a significant event is created at the practice level. You can view the event on theClinical History/Notestab of the retained patient's chart. If a merged patient does not have a chart or any encounters, a significant event is not created. You can memorize (save) the significant events report. The chart-level event contains the following merged patient data: Name Medical record number Social Security number Birth date Sex Address Home phone number A Significant Events report is available in NextGen® Enterprise PM. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Reports Guide for NextGen Enterprise PM. Parent topic: Person Merge - Merging Duplicate Patient Records in File Maintenance

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Person Merge - Merging Duplicate Patient Records in File Maintenance

You can merge duplicate person and patient records. The merge process is based on one of several search scenarios that identify potential duplicate persons. After the application identifies the potential duplicates, you can view the person and patient information details and which practice the records reside in. When duplicate patients are merged, the application pulls all patient information such as general, status, provider, employer, pharmacy, insurance, immunizations,contact, chart information, allergy criticality, allergy severity and history from the merged record and adds into the retained record. patient notifications for the retained person remain during the merge process. Also, when merging duplicate patient records, the application accommodates pharmacy names up to 70 characters. For example, if the retained person has patient notifications for a practice, only those patient notifications are displayed after the merge. For more information on patient notifications preference

Merge Duplicate Person/Patient Records in File Maintenance

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