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Document the Social Determinants of Health Information

You can document the social determinants of health information of a patient.

  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open the Histories template.
  3. In the Social panel, select Social Determinants of Health.
    The Social Determinants of Health template opens.
    Social Determinants of Health

  4. Document the patient's response to each question.
  5. If the patient does not want to answer the questions in a specific section, select the Declines to specify check box.
  6. Select Save to Grid or OK to upload the sections that calculate a score to the Screening Tool grid.
  7. If the patient changes a response to a specific question, simply document the updated response, and select the Save to Grid or OK.
    The grid is updated for that section.