Document Vaping Details of a Patient
The Tobacco/Vaping Use panel in the Social History - Tobacco template enables you to screen and document the vaping details of a patient. The documented vaping details are carried forward to future encounters.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
- To open the Social History – Tobacco template, do one of the following:
- On the Histories template, expand the Social panel, and select Add/Edit.
- In the History Summary panel on the Intake template, select Social, select Tobacco/Vaping Use, and select Add/Edit.
The Social History – Tobacco template opens. - Expand the Vaping Use panel.
- In the Screened for vaping field, select Yes.
- Select a Status for vaping.
- If the patient is a current user, select a number in the Age started field.
- If the patient is not a current user, select a number in the Age started and Age stopped fields.
- Select any of the following fields and select an appropriate option from the corresponding list:
- Device type
- Frequency
- Current strength
Note: This is used to select the current nicotine percentage. If you select 0%, the Vaping without Nicotine check box is selected automatically.
- Previous strength and Duration
Note: You can modify the list option of the Device type, Current strength, and Previous strength using the Custom DB Picklists system template. For more information on how to customize DB picklists, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Custom DB Picklists System Template forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine. - In the list, if you do not see the option that you want then select Other and enter the appropriate details in the corresponding field.
- Select Cl to clear the selected data from the corresponding field.
- Select one of the following options in the Vaping reason field:
- Quit smoking
- Socializing
- Other
- Enter additional notes in the Vaping comments field.
- If applicable, document passive vaping exposure in the Passive Exposure panel.
- Select OK.