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Enter Medications for the Procedure

The ASC Documentation Log template has a dynamic flow that displays additional content after each selection is made. As the flow progresses, you may need to click on the navigation tabs above the grid to enter additional content.

The content for this log is configured on the Documentation Log Config practice template. For more information on the configuration of the navigational tabs, entry type, categories/sub-categories, and descriptions on the ASC Documentation Log template, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Documentation Log Config Practice Template forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine.

  1. From the Documentation Log panel, click Add to open the ASC Documentation Log template.
    ASC Documentation Log

    The Procedure field displays the procedure selected in the Documentation Log panel.

    The current system time populates the Time field.

  2. Click the Procedure field and select a procedure from the list or click the left blue arrow or right blue arrow to navigate to the previous or next procedure respectively.
  3. To modify the time of the entry, do one of the following:
    • Click the drop-down arrow to open the Time Entry template and enter the time.
    • Click the clock , to populate the Time field with the current system time.
    • Select Late Entry and enter the Reason the entry is recorded later than it occurred .
  4. Select Medications as an Entry Type from the grid.
    The Category tab and a list of categories appear.
  5. Select a category from the grid.
  6. To enter the Medication, do one of the following:
    • Select a medication in the grid.
    • Click Custom value to enter appropriate description in the field and click OK.

      The entered description appears in the grid.

      The Dose and Route tabs appear above the grid.

  7. To enter the dosage for the selected medication , click the Dose tab and do one of the following:
    • Select a value in the grid.
    • Click Custom value to enter appropriate description in the field and click OK.

      The description appears in the grid.

      The cumulative dosage administered for the selected medication appears.

      ASC Documentation Log

  8. To enter the medication route was delivered, click the Route tab and do the one of the following:
    • Select a value in the grid.
    • Click Custom value to enter appropriate description in the field and click OK.

      The description appears in the grid.

      An asterisk (*) appears, indicating that the value is selected.

  9. To remove the asterisk (*), select the value again.
    The asterisk (*) disappears, indicating that value is no longer selected.
  10. Click the Add New button to save and clear the data in the template and to document a new entry.
  11. Click Save & Close.
    The documented data appears in the grid in the Documentation Log panel.