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Configure Medication Guidelines

You can define various medication guidelines by using the Care Guidelines Setup template.

You can define a guideline based on specific medications so that the guideline is triggered when the diagnosis meets specific criteria.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. From File, select System \ Practice Template.
    The Select Template window opens.
  3. On the Practice tab, select the All option.
  4. Select Care Guidelines Setup, and then select OK.
    The Care Guidelines Setup template opens.
  5. In Define Guideline Reasons & Auto Application, enter a guideline condition or reason.
  6. In Reason type, select Medication.
  7. Select the Auto-apply checkbox.
  8. Select the birth sex, start age, and stop age for the guideline.
  9. In Reason group, select a medication reason group created on the Medication Specific template.
  10. Select Add.
You must configure an order for the created guideline to be triggered.
Configure Medication Guidelines