Perform an Exercise (Treadmill) Test

You can perform a treadmill test to determine how well a response of a patient's heart during a physical activity.

1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
2. On the Testing - Allergy template, expand the Challenge Tests panel.
3. After entering baseline vital signs, administer the first does of the test.
4. To record the exercise test, do one of the following:
   • Select the stopwatch icon for the Time field under Administration to record the current time.
   • To enter a different time, select the drop-down arrow for the Time field and use the Time Entry window to enter the time.
5. Select the drop-down arrow for the Amount field to enter the number minutes for the test.
6. Select the blank field next to the Amount field.
   NextGen® Enterprise EHR fills the field with minutes.
7. Enter the Speed and Incline.
8. Select Add.
9. At the end of the waiting period defined by the test protocol, select the entry in the grid for the current test.
   Note: Each subsequently added entry appears at the top of the grid, just below the baseline values, for easy comparison to the baseline values.