Document NextGen® Ambient Assist Narrative Information

NextGen Behavioral Health Suite Help 5.5

Managing NextGen® Ambient Assist in a Psychiatric Workflow

You can manage the narrative data from NextGen® Ambient Assist to save time during client visits. When you capture a natural conversation with the patient using NextGen® Ambient Assist, the narrative data is saved to the NGMobileDictation template and shared with the Psych Mobile (BH) template. The Psych Mobile (BH) template contains the following sections: HPI ROS Histories Previous Diagnostics Physical Exam Mental Status Exam/Assessment Diagnostic Interpretation Procedure Plan/Additional Information/Discussion Document NextGen Ambient Assist Narrative Information You can document the information present in the narrative fields in the panels shared with the NG Mobile Dictation template. Parent topic: Psychiatric Workflows

NextGen Behavioral Health Suite Help 5.5

Document the Patient's Ambient Progress Note

You can document therapy notes discussed with the patient with minimum manual data entry. You can use the AI-driven therapy workflows to listen to your discussions with the patient, and reuse the notes on the Ambient Progress Note template. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the encounter, select Open Template, and then open the Ambient Progress Note (BH) template. In the Time Entry Navigation sidebar, select Billing Time Entry, and then enter the start time. Note: You can select the current time or enter the time manually. Select a program, specialty, and visit type. Select the configured link to open the ambient website in your default browser. Note: You can activate the listening capability in the ambient browser during your discussion with the patient to capture notes automatically. You can copy the details from the ambient website and paste them in the narrative fields on the Ambient Progress Note panel. In the Individuals Present panel, document the details of the individuals w

NextGen Behavioral Health Suite Help 5.5

Finalize (BH) Panels

The following table provides a description of the panels available on the Finalize (BH) template. The following table provides a description of the panels available on the Finalize (BH) template. Not all panels are used for NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite workflows and some require additional configuration. Panels Description General Displays the patient type (established or new patient) and contact type collected from either the Psych Eval (BH) or Psych Prog Note (BH) template and the PE Type. The values can be edited on this template. It also provides a link to enter information regarding the E&M Guidelines configured for the visit. Today's Assessment Displays the assessment/diagnosis information documented from the Psych Eval (BH) or Psych Prog Note (BH) template. You can view, add, edit, or remove diagnoses from the Today’s Assessment panel. Provider Sign Off Enables you to submit a task to a Supervising provider and to record their review via checkbox. For information, go to Next

NextGen Behavioral Health Suite Help 5.5

Document the Patient's Psychiatric Progress Note

The EM Coding button launches the Finalize template, which enables you to submit billing codes. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and then in Patient History, select Open Templates. The Select Template window opens. On the Medical Records tab, select All. Select Psych Prog Note (BH), and then select OK. Note: You can open the Psych Prog Note (BH) template from your Packet Navigation, or from the Templates module. For more information on configuring Packet Navigation, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite. Select the program, specialty, and visit type. Note: Only programs that the patient is actively enrolled in appear in the list. You can select <No Program> to create an encounter without a program, and then add the program later. In the Individuals Present panel, document the details of the individuals who accompanied the patient during the assessment. In the General panel, select whether the patient is an est

NextGen® Mobile Help

Send SOAP Notes in NextGen® Ambient Assist

You can use NextGen® Ambient Assist to generate and edit Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan (SOAP) notes from your patient visit, and then send them to NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Note: NextGen® Ambient Assist replaces any existing SOAP note narrative text. To prevent blocking of ambient services, you can add api.nabla.com to your internet allowlist. You can continue with the ambient recording when you switch from wireless to cellular network or the other way around. During an ambient session, if the internet connection is lost, audio can buffer for up to two minutes and can resume with normal transcription when the connection is restored. Ambient is available by default for NextGen® Mobile Pro users. You can request and obtain complimentary NextGen® Ambient Assist trials. For unlimited NextGen® Ambient Assist and other clinical documentation workflows, you must upgrade to the NextGen® Mobile Pro package. Note: The NextGen® Mobile admin users obtain ten complimentary NextGen® Amb

NextGen Behavioral Health Suite Help 5.5

Finalize Documentation

The Finalize (BH) template enables you to view today's assessments, today's orders, enter counseling and/or interpreter information, submit E&M codes, or select the No Billing for Service checkbox. You use the Finalize (BH) template for billing of a psychiatric evaluation. You access the Finalize (BH) template by selecting EM Coding from the Psych Eval (BH) or Psych Prog Note (BH) template. From the Finalize (BH) template, you can view today's assessments, today's orders, enter counseling and interpreter detail information, submit E&M codes, or select the No Billing for Service checkbox. Not all the panels are required for NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite workflows. Several panels do require additional configuration. Note: If you need to make changes to the Specialty or Visit Type on the Finalize (BH) template, you must close the Finalize (BH) template and reopen to update the template. After you've completed the visit documentation, you can generate the Psychiatric Evaluation or Psych

Document NextGen® Ambient Assist Narrative Information

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Managing NextGen® Ambient Assist in a Psychiatric Workflow

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