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Access a Patient's Consent

  1. Select or add a patient.
  2. Open the Privacy Consent window:
    • In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, do one of the following:
      • Select Privacy Consent from the File menu.
      • Select the Privacy Consent link in the Patient Demographics template.
      • Select the Privacy Consent button in the Privacy tab of the Add/Modify Patient Information window.
    • In NextGen® Enterprise PM, select the Privacy Consent button in the Privacy tab of the Add/Modify Patient Information window.
    The Privacy Consent window opens.

    The left pane of the window displays any external system icons.

  3. If a message appears, stating that the patient's chart is protected from sharing data in one or more practices, then choose one of the following responses:
    • To enable Enterprise Chart, and set and save the enterprise-level consent policy to Do Not Share in the patient's chart, select Yes.
    • If you do not want to change the enterprise consent setting, select No.
  4. (Optional) To specify a consent policy for the patient, select or enter the consent policy information.
  5. (Optional) If you want to remove a patient consent policy, so the patient will inherit the default consent policy, then select Use Default.
  6. Select Update to update the patient's privacy consent and patient sharing.