Document Cardiac Problems

The Problems panel enables you to document, search for, and select the chronic and secondary conditions of a patient's problems.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. Open the Histories - Cardiology template.
3. Select the Problems panel.
4. In the Cardiac Problems List, click a link to open the template.
   The template associated with the link opens.
5. Enter a date in the Date PopUp template and click Accept.
6. In the Comments section, enter the history and details of the problem.
   Note: In case the patient has no problems, this field does not need to be added.
   

7. Select Accept.
   The resulting window opens with all problems listed on the Problem List.
8. Do one of the following on the problem list.
   • Choose to add the current problem as a new problem.
   • Merge it into an existing problem as a problem note.
9. If you want to add a new problem, click Add new problem, and select the appropriate problem description from the resulting window.
10. Select Select.
    The problem has been added to the Cardiac Problem List, Problem List grid, and Problems module.

    For more information on how to configure onset dates and how problems are handled, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Practice Configuration Template User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine.