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Add Social History

Before you begin

You can configure the show confidential history, panel version of adult and pediatric social history templates from the Social History section of the Practice Configuration template. For more information about these settings, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the Practice Configuration Template User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine
You can add social history information in the History Summary section. The Social section uses age-specific templates based on the patient age and the Pediatric Age configuration on the Practice Configuration practice template.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open the Intake template.
  3. In the History Summary section, select Social.
  4. Select Select Social Hx to Add/Edit and select the relevant option from the list.
    Based on the patient age, the relevant social history template opens.
  5. Document the reported history information.
  6. Select OK.
    The history records appear in the rows.
  7. Enter additional comments in the Enter Social History Comment field.
Add Social History