Patient's Reason for Visit

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Document Reasons for a Patient's Visit

You can document up to six reasons for a patient's visit during intake. OpenNextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open theIntaketemplate, and then expand theReason for Visitpanel. To add reasons for the patient's visit without opening another template, select Do not launch HPI, and then do one of the following: Select the reason for visit from the left navigation bar. To add a customized reason, enter the reason in Other, and then select Add. Select Additional / Manage, select appropriate reasons from the Reason for Visit window, and then select Save and Close. Note: You can view all the available history of present illnesses (HPIs) by selecting the All hpis checkbox in the Reason for Visit window. To add reasons for the patient's visit with additional details by using another template, clear the Do not launch HPI checkbox, select the necessary reasons, and then select Save & Close . To copy reasons from a previous encounter to the current encounter, select HPI History.If you have copied informatio

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Patient Reasons for Visits

You can document a patient's reasons for visit. On the Reason for Visit panel, you can document the common reasons for a patient visit. You can view the configurable specialty-specific reasons for visit list on the left pane. When you select a reason for visit that is already selected in the current encounter, a message appears highlighting the duplication. You can retain or remove the duplicate reason for visit. You can select up to 14 History of Present Illness (HPIs) simultaneously. Additionally, you can select the Do not launch HPI check box and any HPI to open the corresponding HPI template. Note: You can configure submenu items for the reason for visit on the Framework Content system template for the specialty. Based on the configuration, on the applicable template, the submenu items appear in the Reason for Visit panel on the left pane under the respective HPI. Diagnostic studies that are added to the history of present illness in the Reason for Visit panel appear in the grid wi

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Review Reasons for a Patient's Visit

You can review and update reasons for a patient's visit during the provider workflow. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the SOAP, and then expand the Reason for Visit panel. Review and update the patient summary in the Introduction field. Review and update reasons for visit, diagnostic studies, and chronic conditions. To add any additional information, select Comments. Review Intake Comments on the SOAP Template Review comments entered during the intake if the Intake Comments link on the SOAP template indicates that content is present. Edit a Reason for Visit on SOAP You can edit existing reasons for visits on the SOAP template. Add and Review Comments for the History of Present Illness You can review and enter additional comments for a patient's history of present illness (HPI). Remove a Studies Reviewed on SOAP You can remove the historical diagnostic studies that are added to the history of patient illness in the Studies Reviewed section on the SOAP template. Document Depression Sy

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Document the Reason for Visit

The Reason for Visit panel is where the reason for visit, as described by the patient, is documented, along with an initial History of Present Illness (HPI). The provider should review reasons for visit, update if necessary, and complete HPI information. Reason for Visit If the Introduction field contains text, review the content and make any necessary changes. The introduction appears as the first sentence of the visit note, and it can be edited for the individual patient. A typical introduction might contain the patient's age, gender, and the reason for visit. If the introduction field is blank, compose an introduction for the patient. If checked, click to clear the Do not Launch HPI check box. In the Reason for Visit data grid, click one of the reasons for visit entered previously to open the HPI template to add additional details. To add a Reasons for Visit do one of the following: Select the appropriate reason for visit in the left pane to launch the associated HPI template. Selec

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Additional Reason for Visit Panel Features

Additional features on the Reason for Visit panel enable you to adjust how you document chief complaints and HPI information, indicate follow-up visits, review the patient's HPI history, and remove studies reviewed from the grid. Feature Description Do not launch HPI Enables you to select one or more chief complaints/reasons for visit from the list without opening the HPI template To open the HPI template after selecting reasons for visit, click the row of one of the chief complaints listed in the grid. Additional/Manage Located in the left pane and opens the Reason for Visit template, where you can indicate a follow-up visit or you can type a chief complaint. The Reason for Visit template includes a complete list of chief complaints for the specialty Historic HPI Opens the Historic HPI template, where you can see the patient’s history of chief complaints and HPI details in a concatenated summary format for Ophthalmic specialties or all specialties Intake Comments Used by Intake staff

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Set Up HPIs to Appear in the Reason for Visit

You can set up the History of Present Illness (HPI) to appear in the reason for visit. A practice can configure the Reason for Visit panel using the Framework Content system template. For more information on the reason for visit configuration, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Framework Content System Template forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From the File menu, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. In the Show section, select All. To open the Framework Content template, double-click Framework Content. Select Specialty and select a specialty from the list. Expand the Reason for Visit panel. In Filter, select the all option. Select the reason for visit linked to the appropriate History of Present Illness (HPI), which you want to add to the all list in the Reason for Visit list. Note: The reasons for visit are linked to an HPI template on the Manage Custom Links practice template. Select OK.

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