Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

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Document the Ohio Scales for Youth Template

Some state behavioral and mental health agencies may require Community Behavioral Health (CBH) practices to complete a specific screening tool. Hence, NextGen Behavioral Health Suite provides Ohio Youth Problem, Functioning, and Satisfaction Scales, otherwise known as Ohio Scales for Youth agency worker form template . The Ohio Scales for Youth are brief measures of outcome for youth receiving mental health services. The scales include a 20 item Problem Severity Scale. The agency worker form also includes the Restrictiveness of Living Environment Scales (ROLES) and several indicators of outcome. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. For a patient encounter, open a template. For example, Intake. In the header link section, select Screening Tools. The Screening Tools template opens. Select Ohio Scales for Youth. The Ohio Scales for Youth template opens. The Performed Date defaults to the encounter date. Ohio Scales for Youth Optional: To choose a different Performed Date, select in the field and

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Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

You can document Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) of patients aged between 0 to 19 years using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) template. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. For a patient encounter, open a template. For example, Intake In the navigation bar, select Screening Tools. The Screening Tools template opens. Select Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q). The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) template opens. The encounter date appears as the Performed Date by defaults. To enter a different Performed By date, select the field, and then select a date. To indicate that the questions are reported by the patient, select the Reported By Patient check box. Note: The Reported By Patient check box is not available for patients aged 12 years or younger. The questions for your child are updated for you in the Additional Early Life Stressors panel. Additional Early Life Stressors panel In the Original Ten ACE Questionnaire panel, answer all the questions. In the Additional Early L

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

You can document Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) of patients aged between 0 to 19 years using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) template. You can document the adverse childhood experiences of the patient the following panels on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) template: Original Ten ACE Questionnaire panel provides questions for all ages. Additional Early Life Stressors panel consists of age-specific questions based on the patient's age as of the current encounter date. Note: Additional Early Life Stressors panel is not available for patients more than the age of 19 years. Relevant Symptomatologypanel enables you to indicate any additional associated symptoms for the screening. The symptoms listed in the panel are not shared with other areas of NextGen® Enterprise EHR. The encounter date appears as the performed date by default. The Reported by Patient check box is available for patients aged 13 years or older. If the patient's age is 12 years or younger, the Repor

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Interpreting ACE-Q Scores

You can calculate a two-digit score in the Interpretation of Results section on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) template. The first digit of the score is the number of Yes answers in the Original Ten ACE Questionnaire panel. The second digit of the score is the number of Yes answers in the Additional Early Life Stressors panel. If you do not answer the questions in the Original Ten ACE Questionnaire panel, an application message appears indicating that the score cannot be calculated. Based on the score calculated, an interpretation of Anticipatory Guidance or Refer to Treatment appears in the Interpretation field. When the combined score in the Total Score field is 3 or less and no relevant symptomatology checkboxes are selected, the Anticipatory Guidance value appears as the Interpretation value by default. If the combined score in the Total Score field is between 1-3 and has at least one relevant symptomatology checkbox selected or if the combined score is 4 or more, the Re

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Managing Patient Details in Screening and Assessment Tools

You can document details provided by the patient in all the screening and assessment tools configured by the practice during a patient encounter. Screening tools that appear on the Screening Tools template for a selected specialty in an encounter, vary based on the configuration. When you do not select a specialty for an encounter, all the screening tools automatically appear on the Screening Tools template. You can select the Current Specialty or All option to filter the screening tools on the Screening Tools template. The following indicators appear adjacent to the screening tools and indicate whether the screening tool opens as a template or a website. An asterisk * indicates that the screening tool is used during the current encounter. The letter T indicates that the screening tool opens as a template. The letter W indicates that the screening tool opens a website. Note: You can hide a screening tool that is configured to open as a website. For more information on screening tools l

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Remove an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) Screening

From a medical record template, select the Screening Tools link. The Screening Tools template opens. From the Screening Tools Performed grid, select the ACE-Q screening. Select Remove. An alert appears. To proceed with the removal, select Yes. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) window opens. Select Clear All. An application message appears to confirm if you want to clear all information. Select Yes. Select Save & Close. The ACE-Q screening no longer appears in the Screening Tools Performed grid. Parent topic: Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

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Document the Ohio Scales for Youth Template

Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

Interpreting ACE-Q Scores

Managing Patient Details in Screening and Assessment Tools

Remove an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) Screening

Document the Ohio Scales for Youth Template

Document Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

Interpreting ACE-Q Scores

Managing Patient Details in Screening and Assessment Tools

Remove an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE-Q) Screening