Document an Assessment Plan
You can document patient plan and provider plan details for the patient's assessment.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
- Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter.
- Open the Intake template, select the specialty as Family Practice and the visit type as Office Visit, and then select My Plan.
- Select the A/P Details tab.
The Assessment Plan Details template opens.
- Select an assessment from the Today's Assessment grid.
The existing assessment details appear in the corresponding fields.
- Enter the details or use My Phrases or Common Phrases for the impression, differential diagnosis, and patient and provider plans in the respective sections.
- To enter follow-up appointment and disposition information, select Follow Up.
- To document counseling educational details and factors, select the Counseling Details.
- To enter post-operative details, select Postoperative Quality Reporting.
- For more information on the associated quality measure, select Q.
- Select Save & Close.
- Document Follow-up Details
You can enter follow-up appointment and disposition details on the Follow-up/Disposition template. - Record Postoperative Concerns
You can document the type and date of postoperative complications if the patient goes through an unplanned re-operation, hospital readmission, or surgical site infection within 30 days of the operation. - Save the Documented Assessment Details
After you have completed documenting the patient's plan and associated details, there are different options for proceeding with the encounter. - Shared Working Assessment
The group of templates that share the selected assessment for the patient.