Activate the Care Guideline You Want to Follow for the Patient

You can add care guideline details for a patient record using the Care Guidelines panel.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. Open the Care Guidelines template.
3. In the Care Guidelines panel, select Add/Update.
   The Activate Care Guidelines template opens.
4. In the Active Guidelines panel, select the Condition field.
   A list of all pre-configured Care Guidelines appears.
5. Select the pre-configured condition in the list and select OK.
6. If applicable, select the Diagnosis field to select a diagnosis in the diagnosis search window.
   The Diagnosis field is used to associate a diagnosis with an ICD code (used for billing) to the guideline. The selected diagnosis appears in the Diagnosis field and the associated code appears in the Code field.
7. Select Add.
   The guideline activates, and items that are associated with it appear in the grid on the Active Guidelines panel.
8. Select the Due within checkbox and then select the number of days, weeks, or months from the Show only items due within window to display only the items due within a specific time period.
9. Select the Display only selected guideline checkbox, select the Condition field and select a guideline from the list to display items for a selected guideline.
   The grid will not display any items if you select a guideline that has not been activated for the patient.
10. Select Save & Close to return to the Care Guidelines template.
    The guidelines appear in the grid under the Care Guidelines panel.

    The Risk Indicator Health Maintenance link starts the gender-specific Risk template to document the patient's risk for getting a disease or condition.

11. Select Save & Close.
    If there are items due, the Care Guidelines link displays a badge with the number of items due.

    Note: If you have selected the Enable protocols alerts checkbox on the Practice Configuration practice template, then an alert message appears in run time to indicate the protocol items that are due for the current encounter. You can use the Review/Order button on the alert message to manage the required order.