Chronic Conditions

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Document Chronic Conditions

You can document patient's chronic condition details in the Reason for Visit panel. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the Reason for Visit panel, select the Chronic Conditions button.The Chronic Conditions template opens. Chronic Conditions The provider uses the Overall chronic conditions HPI field to enter notes regarding all chronic conditions of a patient. Select the Flowsheet link to open the Flowsheets template. Select the Immunizations link to add immunizations details. Select the My Phrases link to access My Phrases functionality. Select Add Problem to search for and add a problem. The added problems appear in the Problem Description list on the left. The Problem Description list expands to a full screen list if the user selects the arrows. Chronic Conditions Select a problem in the list to fill the Problem description, ICD description, and ICD code fields. You can edit the Problem description field for a patient and problem, if required. This does not change the actual descripti

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Patient's Reason for Visit

You can document a patient's reasons for visit. In the Reason for Visit panel, you can document the History of Present Illness (HPI), problems, and diagnosis history as the reason for a patient visit. When you select a reason for visit that is already selected in the current encounter, an alert appears indicating that the reason for visit is already selected. You can either enter the duplicate reason for visit, or remove the duplicate. For a reason for visit that has separate listings for different specialties, such as abrasion, if you select two HPIs from different specialties for the same reason, an alert appears. You can select up to fourteen HPIs simultaneously. Additionally, you can select the Do not launch HPI check box and can select any HPI to open the corresponding HPI template. Note: You can configure sub menu items for reason for visit on the Framework Content system template for the specialty. Based on the configuration, on the applicable template, the sub menu items appear

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Associate Medications

The Associate Medications template enables you to view and associate an active medication with up to three active diagnoses. You can use the Associate Medications template to associate medications and diagnoses instead of navigating back and forth from the Medications module to the Chronic Conditions template to identify and associate all of the active medications for the problem. The Diagnosis, Medication, ICD Code, Dx1, Dx2, and Dx3 fields are filled only if you have selected a problem and the associated medication in the Chronic Conditions template. The Active medications grid displays all the active medications of the patient and the Active diagnoses grid of the patient displays all the active diagnoses associated with the patient. The information icon provides information about the Associate Medications template. The following sorting options enable you to view the active medications: All: All the active medications of the patient irrespective of the diagnoses. By diagnosis: All t

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Open the Associate Medications Template

You can use the Associate Medications template to document associate medications and diagnoses. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From the Reason for Visit panel, select Chronic Conditions to open the Chronic Conditions template. The Problem Description and Active Medications details are displayed in the left pane. Chronic Conditions template Select the Associate Meds link below the Active Medications pane. The Associate Medications template opens. Associate Medications template Parent topic: Associate Medications

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Associate Patient’s Active Medications with Diagnoses

Open the Associate Medications template. The Associate Medications template opens. Associate Medications Do one of the following: If you have not specified the problem and the associated medication or if you have only specified the problem in the Chronic Conditions template, then on the Associate Medications template, the All option is selected by default and the Diagnosis, ICD Code, Medication, Dx1, Dx2, and Dx3 fields are unavailable. You can view all the active medications and active diagnoses. Select a medication from the Active medications grid. Select an active diagnosis for first, second, and third diagnosis (that is, Dx1, Dx2, and Dx3) respectively from the Active diagnoses grid. If the Problem description and the associated ICD description are selected in the Chronic Conditions template, the system automatically fills the Diagnosis, ICD Code, Dx1, Dx2, and Dx3 fields. You can view all the active medications associated with the selected diagnosis. Select a medication from the A

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Access the Chronic Conditions - Hpi Template

You can access the Chronic Conditions - Hpi template by clicking the chronic conditions link in the Reason for Visit panel. Document Lab Glucose Results Document Patient Reported Glucose Results Medication Review and Reconciliation Enter Medication History on the Chronic Conditions - HPI Activate Diabetes Care Guidelines Parent topic: Chronic Conditions Data

Chronic Conditions

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Document Chronic Conditions

Patient's Reason for Visit

Associate Medications

Open the Associate Medications Template

Associate Patient’s Active Medications with Diagnoses

Access the Chronic Conditions - Hpi Template

Document Chronic Conditions

Patient's Reason for Visit

Associate Medications

Open the Associate Medications Template

Associate Patient’s Active Medications with Diagnoses

Access the Chronic Conditions - Hpi Template