Document Allergies for a Pediatric Patient

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Document New Allergies for a Patient

You can document allergy details of a patient. Before you begin If the Joint Commission standards are turned on, the Practice Configuration template, document allergy information after entering whether the patient is new or established along with the Visit Type and Historian. After documenting allergies, continue entering other details. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. On the Intake template, in the Allergies panel, select Add.The age-specific allergies template opens. Select the applicable checkboxes, and then select the associated reaction from the corresponding list. If the patient's allergy information is not available on the template, select Manage Allergies and document the allergy details. If you want to document the allergy severity and additional details, select Manage Allergies.A message appears indicating to confirm if you want to add the selected allergy to the Medication Allergies module. Note: You must select Yes, and document the additional details on the Medication Allergi

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Review and Update Patient Allergies

You can review and update medication allergies of a patient. You can update and review a patient's allergy information in the Allergies panel. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Review the allergies, and select one of the following checkboxes. To indicate that you have reviewed and updated the allergy information during the current encounter, select Reviewed, updated. To indicate that a patient with existing allergies has no changes, select Reviewed, no changes. To update an allergy record, do the following: Select the grid row for the allergy record and select Update to modify the details on the Medication Allergies module. Parent topic: Allergies

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Allergies

You can manage patient allergy details of a patient. You can add and review the allergy details of a patient in the Allergies panel. The Allergies panel allows you to add and review the allergy information associated with a patient. If there are no known allergies for a patient, you can select No known allergies. Allergies Panel You can only add the allergy and its reaction in the Allergies panel. The severity level must be added from the Medication Allergies module. For an allergy record, you can select multiple reactions and their respective severity levels from the Medication Allergies module. You can view the intolerance details for the added allergies in the Allergies panel if the Intolerance checkbox is selected on the Medication Allergies module. The Intolerance checkbox 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

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Enter New Allergies for a Patient

You can document allergy information for a patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the Allergies panel on the Intake template, if the patient reports a new allergy since the last visit, click Add.The Adult Allergies template opens. Adult Allergies Select the applicable checkboxes and then select the associated reaction from the corresponding list. Click Save & Close. (Optional) Click the Allergies added today option. If the patient's allergy is not available in the Adult Allergies template, click Update in the Allergies panel to open the Allergies module and document the patient's allergies. In the Allergies panel, the Comment link opens the Allergy Comments template to add any additional information on the documented allergies. You must not enter patient allergies manually in the Allergy Comments template. Enter all allergies in the Allergies module. Note: If the Joint Commission standards are enabled, document allergy information after entering whether the patient is new or establi

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Document Patient Allergies

You can document the allergy details of a patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. On the Intake template, in the Allergies panel, select Add.The Adult Allergies template opens. Adult Allergies template Select the applicable allergen checkboxes, and then select the associated reaction from the resulting list. Note: If the patient's allergy is not available on the Allergy Reactions template, you can close the Allergy Reactions template. You can select Save & Close to return to the Allergies panel. With the allergen selected, to open the Allergies module and document the patient's allergies, you can select Update. Select Save & Close. To enter comments about the allergen, select the Comment link and enter the details on the Allergy Comments window. CAUTION: You must not enter patient allergies manually on the Allergy Comments window. You must enter all allergies on the Allergies module. If the Joint Commission standards are turned on, you can document the allergy details after entering whe

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

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. Allergies 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 in

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