Document Child Development Milestones

You can document the details of the child's developmental milestones on the Child Development Record template.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. Open the Pediatric SOAP template.
3. In the Screening pane, click Child Development History.
   The Child Dev. Rec template opens.

   

4. To document a developmental milestone of the child, do the following:
   1. Click the Details link on the age group matching the child's current age.
      The PEDS Child Dev [Age] template opens.

      

   2. Indicate if the child passed or failed to achieve the milestones.
   3. Enter any comments provided by the historian for any milestone.
      Note: To clear all the selections made on the template, you can click Clear All. You can select the Pass All checkbox if the patient achieves all the milestones.
   4. Click Save & close.
      The total pass score, fail score, and indicator displaying the status of the survey appear in the age group where the developmental milestones are documented.

      

      You can click information to view details about the symbols used in the results.

5. If you want to display in the document details of the age appropriate milestones or today's documented milestones, select the Age Appropriate or Today's Details.
6. If you want to view the documented details of screening, select a row in the Screening Tool Results grid, and then click View Only.
   Note: You can click Delete Row to remove a screening details row in the Screening Tool Results grid.
7. Save and close the template.