Allergy Search Filters

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Enter the Medication Allergy Details

Once you selected an Allergen and Allergy Type, select a Location and Provider. Select the Intolerance check box if the patient is intolerant to the medication. EHR Medication To specify the severity of the allergy, select a Severity from the list. To specify that the allergy you are adding is recorded elsewhere, select the Recorded Elsewhere check box. The Source field is available to enter a source. To enter the date the allergy or its symptoms began, click the Onset/Sym Search button. A calendar opens to select an onset date. To enter the date the allergy was resolved, click the Resolved Search button. A calendar opens to select a resolved date. Note: If the Onset Date or Resolved date is unknown, you can use 00/00/0000. To specify the type of reaction the patient has due to the medication allergy, click the Reaction arrow and select a reaction type from the list. Verify the Allergy Type field specified in the Allergy Selection window. Enter additional comments in the Allergy Commen

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Add a Medication Allergy to a Patient Chart

Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the Medication Allergies module for the selected patient. If the patient has any existing allergies, select Clear. The values in all the fields are cleared. Note: Clearing the fields prevents you from editing an existing allergy. To search and filter an allergy, do the following: Select the search icon next to Allergy. The NextGen - Allergy Selection window opens. Allergy Selection Select one of the following filters from the Filter list: Contains Searches for allergies that contain with the search criteria. Ends With Searches for allergies that end with the search criteria. Ingredient Searches from the list of drug ingredients, such as Iodine or Bentonite. Medication Name searches from the list of medication allergies, such as cefazolin with codeine. Allergen Group Searches from the list of allergens, such as lithium derivatives or ester type anesthetics. In Description, enter the search criteria, such as the name or partial name of the medication al

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View Patient's Medication Allergies

Before you begin You must ensure that you have the View access right enabled in MODULES > Medical Records > Medications Allergies in System Administrator. For more information on user access rights, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. You can view a quick list of the patient's active medication allergies to identify potential adverse drug reactions. You can also open the Medication Allergies module to add or update the patient's allergies. A total count of the patient's active allergies appears on the Allergies button on the Quick Buttons panel. Note: The icon indicates that the patient account does not have any active allergies records and the No Known Allergies check box in Medication Allergies is not selected. The icon indicates that the patient does not have any active allergies and the No Known Allergies check box in Medication Allergies is selected. For more information on the Medication Allergies m

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Add Allergies

You can add and review the allergies that a patient may have towards certain medications. You must add the severity of the allergy in the Medication Allergies module. The severity reflects in the allergies grid under the Reaction (Severity) column. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the Intake - Cardiology template. Click the Allergies panel. On the Allergies template, do one of the following. If there are no known allergies for a patient, select No known allergies. If applicable, click the Comment link to open the Allergy Comments window. If there are allergies listed in the grid for the patient and if there is no new information to add, click Reviewed, no change. Note: If Joint Commission standards have been enabled in the Practice Configuration practice template, allergy information always has to be documented after entering whether the patient is new or established, along with the Visit type, Historian, and Reason for Visit. If the patient had a new allergy since the last visit, cl

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Document New Allergies for a Patient

You can document allergy details of a patient. Before you begin If the Joint Commission standards are enabled on the Practice Configuration template, document allergy information after entering whether the patient is new or established along with the Visit Type and Historian. After documenting allergies, continue entering other details. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. On the Intake template, in the Allergies panel, select Add. The age-specific allergies template opens. Select the applicable check boxes, and then select the associated reaction from the corresponding list. If the patient's allergy information is not available on the template, select Manage Allergies and document the allergy details. If you want to document the allergy severity and additional details, select Manage Allergies. A message appears indicating to confirm if you want to add the selected allergy to the Medication Allergies module. Note: You must select Yes, and document the additional details on the Medication Alle

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Adding and Reviewing Allergies

You can add and review the allergy details associated with a patient in the Allergies panel. You can add an allergy and its reaction on the Allergies panel. You must add the severity level on the Medication Allergies module which then displays the severity level in the Reaction (Severity) column in the Allergies panel. On the Medication Allergies module, you can select multiple reactions and the respective severities for each allergy. Allergies You can select the No known allergies check box to indicate that the patient does not have any known medication allergies. You can select the Reviewed, Updated check box to indicate that the allergy details are reviewed and updated during the encounter You can select the Reviewed, no change check box to indicate that the patient does not have new details to add. You can view the intolerance details for the added allergies in theAllergiespanel if theIntolerancecheck box is selected on the Medication Allergies module. TheIntolerancecheck box indic

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