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Document the Social Determinants of Health Information

You can capture and track a patient’s social determinants of health to better understand the non-medical factors affecting their care and outcomes.

  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. On the Intake template, select any specialty and visit type.
  3. To open the Social Determinants of Health template, do one of the following:
    • On the Histories template, expand the Social panel, and select Social Determinants of Health.
    • In the History Summary panel on the Intake template, select Social, and select Social Determinants of Health.
  4. Enter the patient's response to each question.
  5. If the patient does not want to answer the questions in any of the sections, select the corresponding Declines to specify checkbox.
  6. Select Save to Grid or OK.
  7. Optional: If the patient changes a response to a specific question, simply document the updated response and select the Save to Grid or OK.
    The Screening Tool grid is updated for that section.
Document the Social Determinants of Health Information