Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Defining Guideline Reasons and Auto Application

You can use the Define Guideline Reasons & Auto Application panel to define the care guidelines condition or reason. The Define Guideline Reasons & Auto Application panel is used to set up a guideline for a condition or reason type, with criteria for birth sex, start and stop ages, and diagnosis category. The settings on this panel determine on which patients the guideline can be applied to. The Guidelines Conditions/Reasons for Reason type are created, updated, or removed from guideline in this panel. Guidelines can be configured to be applied automatically to patients by selecting the Auto-apply Yes checkbox. You can set Birth Sex, Start age, Stop age, and Diagnosis group for a guideline to determine when the system should automatically apply a guideline. These settings apply only when auto-apply is yes. The Guideline Reasons grid can be filtered to show only guidelines that are removed or inactive by selecting the Show only Removed/Inactive checkbox. Define Guidelines Reasons and Au

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Setting Up Intervention Tests Orders

You can set up the orderable test on the Care Guidelines Setup template. You can define the orderable tests (formerly protocols) for a guideline in the Orderable Tests Setup panel on the Care Guidelines Setup practice template. Initially, the grid displays all orderable tests for all guidelines in the system. You can select a condition or reason from the Condition/Reason field and filter the grid so that it only displays the orderable tests that are part of that guideline. Orderable Tests Setup CAUTION: Changes made to guideline items in the Orderable Tests Setup panel impact all patients. Changes made at a patient level only impact that specific patient. Patient level changes are made on the Care Guideline Update template. Update an Orderable Guideline Test Items You can update an orderable test item of a patient using the Care Guideline Setup template. Remove/Inactivate an Existing Orderable Guideline Item You can remove an orderable test item of a patient on the Care Guideline Setup

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Panels Used in Setting Up Orderable Items

You can set up the orderable items for a patient associated with orders in the NextGen Adaptive Content Engine. The Orderable items (formerly protocols), are associated with orders in the NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, they have CPT® billing and compendium codes. Panel Description Manage Groups and Options Enables you to provide the functionality to create to guidelines based on the reason types. Define Guideline Reasons & Auto Application Enables you to define guidelines for a condition or disease. Interventions / Orders Setup Enables you to set up lab tests, diagnostic studies, and examinations (orderable items) for a guideline. Interventions/Test Equivalent Codes/Descriptions Intervention Equivalents section Enables you to set up any test descriptions or billing codes that are equivalent synonyms for a test defined in a guideline using either a description or a test code. You do not have to enter both. Document Types/Codifications section Enables you to use the Document Types/Cod

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Find Information for Issues in the FAQs Grid

You can view information for a specific topic listed in the FAQs grid. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Care Guideline Setup, and then select OK. The Care Guideline Setup practice template opens. Expand the FAQs panel. Select the issue in the grid.The corresponding answer appears in Possible causes/things to check section. FAQs Optional: To filter the information in the grid, select the Orderables, Recommended Care, Reminders, and CG-DSI checkboxes.When you open the Care Guidelines Setup template for the first time, all three checkboxes on the FAQs panel are selected by default. Parent topic: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Search for Information for a Specific Topic

You can search for information for a specific topic for a patient's issue. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Care Guideline Setup, and then select OK. The Care Guideline Setup practice template opens. Expand the FAQs panel, in Search Issues , enter one or more words to search for all related topics, and then select the icon.The grid refreshes to display all topics that are related to your search words. Select a row in the grid displaying the question you are interested.The answer corresponding to the selected question displays in the text field below the grid. FAQs For some of the answers for a question, you can see an associated .pdf document that provides additional information to the answer displayed in the large test field. Not all answers have an additional .pdf file document. For those answers that do have additional information in a .pdf document, you ca

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Print Out Displayed Information for a Specific Topic

You can print copies of a document for a patient's specific issue. To print paper copies of a document, you must have a printer connected to your system. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Care Guideline Setup, and then select OK. The Care Guideline Setup practice template opens. Expand the FAQs panel, select a row in the grid displaying the question.The answer corresponding to the selected question displays in the large text field below the grid. FAQs Select View Document.A document with detailed information for the topic appears. Use the scroll bar on the right to view the entire document. Select Print on the document toolbar, and if required, select print settings. Select Close link to close the document window. Parent topic: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Defining Guideline Reasons and Auto Application

Setting Up Intervention Tests Orders

Panels Used in Setting Up Orderable Items

Find Information for Issues in the FAQs Grid

Search for Information for a Specific Topic

Print Out Displayed Information for a Specific Topic

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Defining Guideline Reasons and Auto Application

Setting Up Intervention Tests Orders

Panels Used in Setting Up Orderable Items

Find Information for Issues in the FAQs Grid

Search for Information for a Specific Topic

Print Out Displayed Information for a Specific Topic