Adding and Reviewing Allergies

You can add and review the allergy details associated with a patient in the Allergies panel.

You can add an allergy and its reaction on the Allergies panel. You must add the severity level on the Medication Allergies module which then displays the severity level in the Reaction (Severity) column in the Allergies panel. On the Medication Allergies module, you can select multiple reactions and the respective severities for each allergy.

You can select the No known allergies checkbox to indicate that the patient does not have any known medication allergies. You can select the Reviewed, Updated checkbox to indicate that the allergy details are reviewed and updated during the encounter You can select the Reviewed, no change checkbox to indicate that the patient does not have new details to add.

You can view the intolerance details for the added allergies in the Allergies panel if the Intolerance check box is selected on the Medication Allergies module. The Intolerance check box indicates that the patient cannot tolerate the side effects of the medication.

For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Medications and Medication Allergies Modules User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR.