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Document Follow-up Details

You can enter follow-up appointment and disposition details on the Follow-up/Disposition template.

  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open the SOAP template.
  3. In the Assessment / Plan panel, select the Follow Up button.
    The Follow-up/Disposition template opens.
    Follow-up/Disposition template

    The Follow-up/Disposition template is part of a group of templates that use the last assessment or diagnosis selected on any of the templates in the group as the working assessment. The application defaults to the current working assessment. If required, you can select another assessment, which becomes the new working assessment that carries forward to the other templates in the group.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Select the diagnosis in the grid. In the Follow-up section, select follow up along with other details and the suggested time for the follow-up visit.
    • To select a new diagnosis or modify an existing assessment for the current patient, select Add/Edit Assessment. With the correct description selected in the grid, in the Follow-up section, select follow up along with any other details and the suggested time for the follow-up visit.
  5. In the Disposition section, select the Disposition field to select an option from the list.
  6. If the applicable value is not available in the list, select the top blank row to enter a value in the Disposition field.
  7. To indicate the patient does not want to comply, select Refused.
  8. Select an option from the Reason list.
  9. To indicate a recommended time for disposition, select Timeframe and enter the values.
  10. Select Place Order.
    The fields clear so that another follow-up appointment can be entered.
  11. Select OK.