Document a Pre-school Child's Trauma Assessment
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
- For a patient encounter, open a template.
Note: Your practice can also configure the template to be accessible from thePacket Navigation (BH)template. For more information, go toNextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download theConfiguration Guide forNextGen® Behavioral Health Suite.
- Select the Screening Tools link to open the Screening Tools template.
- Select CATS Caregiver-Report (3-6 Years).
The CATS-C (3-6 Years) template opens.Note: The template appears in the template list only when the patient's age is between three to six years.
- Select the assessment date.
- In the Traumatic Events panel, document the stressful or scary events thats the child encountered.
- In the Symptoms and Functioning panel, rate the questions that the child has faced in the last two weeks.
Note: The Symptoms and Functioning panel is active only when you have answered at least one question in the Traumatic Events panel.
- Select Save & Close.
Note: The total score is not calculated if at least one question is not answered.The assessment record appears in the Screening Tools Performed grid.