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Fields Used to Support Clinical Decisions

The Developer, Funding Source, and Reference Updated fields are used to support clinical decisions. The Developer and Funding Source fields can be updated with the developer’s and funding source’s names, respectively. When a new reference is added, Reference Updated automatically populates with the current date.

FieldDescription
DeveloperUsed to support clinical decisions. This is not a mandatory field.

The Developer field is used to identify who added or updated the reference. When you select any care guideline reference from the grid that has been packaged by Nextgen Healthcare and if you haven’t configured the selected reference, the system displays the default value, nextgen healthcare, in the Developer field. Otherwise, it displays the respective developer’s name. When any other fields are updated for the selected care guideline in the template, Developer field gets cleared and can be updated with the developer name.

Funding SourceUsed to support clinical decisions. This is not a mandatory field.

The Funding Source field is used to identify the funding source of the reference. When you select any care guideline reference from the grid that has been packaged by Nextgen Healthcare and if you haven’t configured the selected reference, the system populates the default value, Nextgen Healthcare, in the Funding Source field. Otherwise it displays the respective funding source’s name. When any other fields are updated for the selected care guideline in the template, the Funding Source field gets cleared and can be updated with the funding source name.

Reference UpdatedUsed to supports clinical decisions. When you select any reference from the grid, by default, the Reference Updatedfield automatically populates with the last build date if you have not updated or created the reference. When any other fields are updated for the selected reference in the template, the Reference Updated field automatically populates with the current date.