Reviewing Care Guidelines History

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Activating a Care Guideline

You can activate a care guideline for a patient on the Activate Care Guidelines template. You must activate a patient's care guideline for health maintenance or a disease condition before you use the care guidelines for the patient. You can activate guidelines in the Active Guidelines panel on the Activate Care Guidelines template. An application message appears if you want to re-apply an already activated guideline. You can re-apply a guideline if certain items within the guideline are not being followed and you need to add them now. Note: When you re-apply a guideline, the application checks through all of the guideline items that are already active, and applies those items in the set that are missing. If there is a test found in more than one guideline activated for the patient, only one test will be maintained. The application calculates the Due Date for that test based on the settings found for the earliest start age, the latest stop age, and the shortest interval of the activated

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

View a Clinical Reference for Guideline Items

You can view the clinical references for a recommended care and care guideline orderable items on the Activate Care Guidelines template. You can view the web-based clinical reference for recommended care and care guideline orderable items. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the Care Guidelines link on any of the main template.The Care Guidelines template opens. Select Add/Update in the Care Guidelines panel. The Activate Care Guidelines template opens. Select a care guideline item and select the Web button.You can view the addresses of guideline clinical references from the Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines grid view template. Activate Guidelines The corresponding clinical reference opens. Web Page Display Select an item in the grid and then select the Edit button below the grid. The Care Guideline Update template opens. Care Guideline Update Note: Additional information on the Care Guideline Update template: The High risk checkbox is permanently disabled. You can update t

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item

You can remove a care guideline for a patient in the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can use the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel on the Activate Care Guideline template to remove individual guideline items or an entire care guideline by disease condition. You can also restore guidelines that are removed. You can do the following: Remove a guideline by condition is only available for the most current encounter for the patient. Remove an individual guideline item that is not followed while the remaining items for the guideline are followed for the patient. Remove a guideline in the current encounter, if you add a guideline by mistake or it no longer applies to the patient. If the guideline was added in a past encounter, historical documentation is saved, but cannot see the guideline in future encounters. Remove an Entire Guideline by Condition You can remove an entire care guideline by condition for a patient in the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. Remove an Individual Guideline Ite

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Restore a Guideline Item

You can restore a care guideline item for a patient using the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can restore a care guideline or guideline item removed previously, so that it can be followed for a patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the Care Guidelines link on any of the main template. The Care Guidelines template opens. Select Add/Update in the Care Guidelines panel. The Activate Care Guidelines template opens. In the Activate Guidelines panel, select the Conditionfrom the list. Select Add to activate it again. This re-applies the guideline. Select Save & Close. Note: When you re-apply a guideline, the application goes through all of the existing items that are active, and only re-applies the one that is missing from the set for the condition. Parent topic: Activate Care Guidelines Template

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Edit the Care Guidelines History

You can review or update the care guidelines history using the Care Guidelines History template. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From the Care Guidelines template or the Activate Care Guidelines template, select the Care Guidelines History link. The Care Guidelines History template opens. To filter tests and exams listed in the grid by status, select Filter by status and select a status from the list. To edit a guideline item, select a row item and select Edit to open the Care Guideline Update template. If you have selected a status or date by mistake, you can clear the values for Last completed date. The guideline item reverts to being due, the Last addressed is cleared, and the Next Due date recalculates. Update the required field and select Save & Close. Note: If the selected guideline record does not belong to the latest encounter, the Edit and Save & Close buttons are read-only. Also, an alert message appears on the template with the latest encounter date. When you have finished rev

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Activate Care Guidelines Template

You can activate a care guideline for a patient in the Activate Care Guideline template. The tasks that are done occasionally are performed on the Activate Care Guidelines template, such as: Activating a care guideline Removing a care guideline or guideline item Re-applying a removed clinical guideline or guideline item Viewing clinical references for guideline items Adding a diagnosis from the patient’s problem list to the patient's ICD billing list Reviewing care guideline history for the patient Note: You must activate a care guideline initially, usually only once. The guideline must be activated before it can be followed for a patient. Activate Care Guidelines Panels on the Activate Care Guidelines Template You can use the panels on the template to activate the care guideline for a patient. Activating a Care Guideline You can activate a care guideline for a patient on the Activate Care Guidelines template. Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item You can remove a care

Reviewing Care Guidelines History

Recommendations

Activating a Care Guideline

View a Clinical Reference for Guideline Items

Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item

Restore a Guideline Item

Edit the Care Guidelines History

Activate Care Guidelines Template

Reviewing Care Guidelines History

Activating a Care Guideline

View a Clinical Reference for Guideline Items

Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item

Restore a Guideline Item

Edit the Care Guidelines History

Activate Care Guidelines Template