Patient Care Plans

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Document Functional and Cognitive Assessments

You can document a patient's functional and cognitive assessments in the Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status panel. The data entered in the Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status panel is shared with the Health Promotion Plan, Medicare Preventive HPI, Screening Summary, and Care Plan templates to measure compliance and for surveillance reporting. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the Intake template. Expand the Vital Signs panel, and then select the Health Promotion Plan link. The Health Promotion Plan template opens. Expand the Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status panel. Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status For Functional Status and Cognitive Status, do the following: If there is no change in the functional status of the patient, select No Change. If there is a change in the functional status or cognitive status of the patient, select Change. Select the Status field, and select the appropriate option from the list. Enter the assessment method and used method. T

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Care Team Members

You can consolidate a list of care team members for a patient on the Care Team Members template. The patient care team can include clinical professionals, clinical pharmacist, agencies, organizations, relatives who act as care givers, and any other individual involved directly or indirectly with the care of the patient. These consolidated details in the Care Team Members template provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list of a patient’s care team members and meet the Stage 3 Quality Reporting Certification for 2017. The list includes patient care team members who are entered throughout NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine and the members added using the NPI Registry Search window. However, members added using the Care Team Members template only appear on the Care Team Members template and are shared with the Patient Care Team panel on the Care Plan template. Care Team Members For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Care Team User Guide for

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Prepare for a Patient Visit

You obtain an overview of the patient's record before examining the patient. The Pre Visit Planning template also enables the practices to handle the administrative tasks before a patient's appointment, so that you can focus on addressing the patient's health needs during the appointment. To open the Templates module on a patient encounter, do one of the following: On the Categories or Encounter History tab, select Open Template. On Top Toolbar, select Templates . On the main menu, select File > New > Template. The Select Template window opens. Select Pre Visit Planning and select OK. The Pre Visit Planningtemplate opens. Pre Visit Planning Note: For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Pre Visit Planning Template forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine. Parent topic: Managing Basic User Interface Functionality

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Care Plan

You can use the Care Plan templates to address patients' health concerns and monitor their progress toward resolving specific concerns. Patient Care Plans You can create a care plan to address patients' health concerns and monitor their progress toward resolving specific concerns. Manage Health Concerns Manage Goals, Interventions, and Outcomes Patient Care Team Members Document Functional and Cognitive Assessments You can document a patient's functional and cognitive assessments in the Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status panel. Review a Patient's Care Plan History View At A Glance Panel Related concepts Patient Care Plans Manage Health Concerns Manage Goals, Interventions, and Outcomes Patient Care Team Members Review a Patient's Care Plan History Related tasks Document Functional and Cognitive Assessments View At A Glance Panel

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Care Plan Components

You can create a care plan to address a patient's health concerns and to monitor their progress toward resolving the identified concerns on the Care Plan template. The care plan consists of following components: Field Description Type The type of care plan Status The status of the care plan Intent The intent of the care plan Panel Description Add/Edit Health Concerns Consolidates categorized health concerns from several sources within the application Health concern categories include but are not limited to allergy, vital signs, social history, smoking and tobacco use. Patient Care Team Members Displays information about a patient's care team and enables providers to update the care team by adding modifying members Functional and Cognitive Assessment Status Enables providers to record functional and cognitive assessments for patients Goals, Interventions, and Outcomes Enables providers to define goals, identify interventions, and track outcomes for identified patient health concerns Car

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Create a Care Plan

Before you begin Make sure that the existing care plans for the patient are in Completed status. From the navigation, click Care Plan. The Care Plan template appears. Care Plan template Click Create a New Care Plan. All the panels gets activated. Activated panels on the Care Plan template Select a status, and an intent. The default values are Active, and Plan respectively. Add a health concern. Add goals to address health concern. Add interventions to achieve the goals. Record functional and cognitive assessments. Click Save and Close. Note: To edit a completed care plan, you must update the status of the current plan to Entered-in-Error, which removes the current care plan's data and redirects you to the previous care plan. Care Plan Statuses You can view or update the status of a care plan from the Status field of the Care Plan template. Parent topic: Patient Care Plans

Patient Care Plans

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Document Functional and Cognitive Assessments

Care Team Members

Prepare for a Patient Visit

Care Plan

Care Plan Components

Create a Care Plan

Document Functional and Cognitive Assessments

Care Team Members

Prepare for a Patient Visit

Care Plan

Care Plan Components

Create a Care Plan