General Physical Therapy Workflow

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Intake Staff Workflow

The intake staff can use the Intake template to document a patient's chief complaint, vital signs, medications, allergies, standing orders, and various other findings. The intake staff workflow involves documenting the patient encounter on the Intake and Histories templates. The information documented by the intake staff is used by the provider for reference and to proceed with the encounter. Open the Home Page Template You can obtain the patient summary on the Home Page template. Viewing Template Links on the Home Page Template On the Home Page template, you can view and open links to other templates based on the selected specialty. Overview of the Intake Template You can use the Intake template to document the patient information. Overview of the Histories Template You can add, update, delete, and review a patient's history summary details. View a Patient's Appointments You can view a patient's appointments. The Intake Staff's Review of the Allergies Summary On the Home Page - Allerg

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Intake Template

You can use the Intake template to document the patient information. You can document the following details of the patient in the various sections of the Intake template: General information of the patient Reason for the patient's to visit Patient's history Patient's Assessments Patient Medications Patient's allergies Vital Signs Patient's Orders Review of systems Patient Education Start a Dermatology Encounter Patient's General Information You can document a patient's general information on the Intake template. Add a Reason for Visit You can document the History of Present Illness (HPI), problems, as the reason for a patient visit. Patient's History Summary Patient's Assessment You can view patient's assessments. Patient Medication You can document and manage a patient's medications. Adding and Reviewing Allergies You can add and review the allergy details associated with a patient in the Allergies panel. Documenting Vital Signs You can document and update a patient's vital signs on t

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Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Provider

The information documented by the nursing staff on the Intake template displays on the Home Page template for the provider's review. You can update information on the Intake and SOAP templates. NextGen Healthcare recommends training providers to begin the visit on the Home Page - Physical Therapy template. Physical Therapy Home Page Template Details You can review the patient information on the Home Page - Physical Therapy template. Parent topic: Physical Therapy Related reference Physical Therapy Home Page Template Details

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Configuration Options

Review the configuration options and decide what you need to implement to enable you to complete the workflows outlined here. You can configure the following practice templates for the Physical Therapy specialty: Physical Therapy Goal Administration: Enables you to edit or add new existing physical therapy goals. Practice Configuration: Enables you to enter expected treatment times by visit type. In addition, you have options for applying billing modifiers. The ability to use the third-party service provided by Physiotec directly from within the Physical Therapy template set also needs to be configured before using the templates. For more information on configuring the Physical Therapy templates to work with Physiotec, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Physical Therapy Physiotec User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. To learn more about additional configuration options available in the NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, go to NextGen Healthcare

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Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Intake Staff

The information documented by the intake staff in the Intake and Histories templates during the previous patient encounters is reflected on the Home Page - Physical Therapy template for the provider's review. Most clinical staffs start on the Intake template. The recommended workflow for Physical Therapy is to begin a patient encounter on the Home Page - Physical Therapy template. If you have previously set up the Home Page - Physical Therapy template as the default template, it automatically opens as the first template for a new encounter. To learn how to set the Home Page - Physical Therapy template as the default template, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Getting Started User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. The Goals, Treatment History, Historical PE, Treatment Log and Orders panels display information as read-only. The Diagnosis, Allergies and Medications panels enable you to update or make changes as needed. Home Page - Physical Therap

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Physical Therapy

You can use the NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine to document visit types for both Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. Documenting Physical and Occupational Therapy Encounters Configuration Options Physical Therapy Navigational Links General Physical Therapy Workflow Documenting General Patient information Histories Template Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Provider You can review the patient information documented during the previous encounters. Objective Template Finalize Template This topic describes the purpose of the Finalize template. Treatment Log Template Overview of the Checkout Staff Workflow You can review and generate documents of a patient's checkout process. Related concepts Documenting Physical and Occupational Therapy Encounters Physical Therapy Navigational Links General Physical Therapy Workflow Histories Template Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Provider Objective Template Finalize Template Treatment Log Template Related

General Physical Therapy Workflow

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Intake Staff Workflow

Intake Template

Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Provider

Configuration Options

Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Intake Staff

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General Physical Therapy Workflow

Intake Staff Workflow

Intake Template

Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Provider

Configuration Options

Patient's Summary Review for Physical Therapy by the Intake Staff

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