Document the Asthma Peak Flow of Patients

You can measure the capacity of a patient's lungs to expel air.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter.
3. On Top Toolbar, select Templates .
   The Select Template window opens.
4. Open the Asthma template.
5. Select the diagnosis, and then select the Peak Flow Measurements link
   The Asthma Peak Flow template opens. NextGen® Enterprise EHR automatically fills the name, gender, age, date, and Predicted peak expiratory values.
6. Enter the race of the patient.
7. In Asthma Peak Flow Measurements, select the method of testing the peak expiratory flow rate.
8. Enter the height of the patient within the range of 30.48 to 304.5 centimeters or 12 to 119.88 inches.
9. Select measure or carried forward as necessary.
10. Enter a value in the Personal best field.
11. In the Peak flow field, enter the peak expiratory flow rate of the patient within the range of 10 to 999.
    Note: A message appears if the value entered is not within the specified range.
    NextGen® Enterprise EHR automatically fills the Percent of predicted peak expiratory flow value.
12. Select Pre-Tx or Post-Tx.
    Note: If you select Post-Tx, then select the Office details.
13. Enter comments, and then select Add.
    The details are added to the Peak Flow grid and the related graph is updated.
14. Save and close the template.