You can create internal referrals from one department or team to another.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and then in Patient History, select Open Templates.
The Select Template window opens.
- On the Medical Records tab, select All.
- Open the Referral Management template.
- Select Internal Referral from the To section.
The NG Share option disappears. Additionally, the Internal Referral checkbox is selected automatically for quality reporting purposes.
- Select a specialty in the Specialty/Therapy/DME field if applicable.
- Select a program if required.
Note: The Program field appears when the Enable Referral Program checkbox is selected in the section of the Practice Configuration template.
- Select a diagnosis from the available list.
- Select a reason for the referral and enter comments as applicable.
- Select Add.
The referral order and task are created, and they appear in the Referral Tracking (BH) template.