Care Guidelines Overview

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Care Guidelines Setup

On the Care Guidelines Setup template, you can set up the guideline test items. Care guidelines consist of orderable items (previously known as protocols) and recommended care items. Some guideline items are performed within a specific time interval, indicated by a date in the Due column. Items with due dates are ordered, and items without a due date are listed as a reminder to review them with the patient and update their status without having to place orders. Before you use the Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines templates, you must review and ensure that the guidelines that come with the application meet the needs of the practice. For configuration, care guidelines are divided into orderable and recommended items. Using the Care Guidelines Setup practice template, you can set up orderable items. Care Guidelines Setup Care Guidelines Definitions You can set up the care guidelines definitions on the Care Guidelines Setup template. Panels Used in Setting Up Orderable Items You

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Care Guidelines Configuration

You can configure the care guidelines for a patient on the Care Guidelines template. You can use the Care Guidelines templates in NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine to handle health maintenance and disease management, including guideline testing and screening, and recommended care. The provides detailed information about configuration required before the Care Guidelines templates are used in a clinical setting, it is suitable for the individuals who are responsible for setting up and maintaining the system. Condition/Reason Shipped with NextGen Adaptive Content Engine You can pre-define condition or reason for a patient with NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Parent topic: Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

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Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

You can set up the care guidelines for a patient and document the details on the Care Guidelines template. In NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, the Care Guidelines template is used to handle Health Maintenance and Disease Management functions, including guideline testing and screening, and recommended care. You can open the Care Guidelines template using the Care Guidelines link, in the top navigation tabs of all the main tabbed templates for every specialty. CAUTION: Before using the Care Guidelines template in a clinical setting with patients, content on the template should be carefully reviewed by the individuals who are responsible for maintaining the system. You can update as necessary to meet the needs of the practice. Care Guidelines link is always available on the Care Guidelines template. But, when the items are due, it is indicated by a numeric digit beside the link. Home Page On the Care Guidelines template, guidelines listed in the left side pane under Patient's guidelines

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Care Guidelines Definitions

You can set up the care guidelines definitions on the Care Guidelines Setup template. Orderable items (formerly protocols) are associated with orders in the system; they have CPT ® billing and Compendium codes. Recommended Care items do not appear in the Orders table. They include things such as medications and patient advice to quit smoking or to follow a low sodium diet. They consist of referenced guidelines, and do not have orders associated with them. Guidelines is a general term referring to both the orderable items (orders) and recommended care items (non-orders). The term care guidelines may be used interchangeably with guidelines. Parent topic: Care Guidelines Setup

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Care Guidelines Link

The Care Guidelines link is found under the top navigation tabs of all of the main tabbed templates for every specialty. Care Guidelines Links The Care Guidelines link launches the Care Guidelines template to manage Health Maintenance, and Disease Management care guidelines. Care guidelines are made up of care guidelines orderables and recommended care items. Care guidelines orderables are those items that are associated with orders in the system; they have CPT billing and Compendium codes. Recommended Care items do not appear in the orders table. They include things such as medications and patient advice to quit smoking or to follow a low sodium diet, which are part of care guidelines and recommendations from the different medical academies and other reference sources, and which do not have orders associated with them. Activate the Care Guideline You Want to Follow for the Patient Parent topic: Set Home Page as the Default Template

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Care Guidelines System

The Care Guidelines system helps the provider and patients to take care of their health maintenance and chronic diseases. You can open the Care Guidelines template using the Care Guidelines link on the template header. It provides both a schedule of typically followed items such as immunizations, diagnostic studies, labs, and so on. The care guidelines system tracks recommendations about medications and goals that might be applicable for the patient's chronic conditions. The care guidelines system is highly configurable. The Care Guidelines system helps to carry out the functions of Health Maintenance and Disease Management testing and Health Monitor. Using Care Guidelines: Some guideline items are automatically added to each patient’s chart based on the patient’s chronic conditions, while others are added manually by the clinicians; these are added as a group related to a chronic condition, long-term medication use, for health maintenance or any other special circumstance requiring cl

Care Guidelines Overview

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Care Guidelines Setup

Care Guidelines Configuration

Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

Care Guidelines Definitions

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Care Guidelines System

Care Guidelines Setup

Care Guidelines Configuration

Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

Care Guidelines Definitions

Care Guidelines Link

Care Guidelines System