Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item

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Restore a Guideline Item

You can restore a care guideline item for a patient using the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can restore a care guideline or guideline item removed previously, so that it can be followed for a patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the Care Guidelines link on any of the main template. The Care Guidelines template opens. Select Add/Update in the Care Guidelines panel. The Activate Care Guidelines template opens. In the Activate Guidelines panel, select the Conditionfrom the list. Select Add to activate it again. This re-applies the guideline. Select Save & Close. Note: When you re-apply a guideline, the application goes through all of the existing items that are active, and only re-applies the one that is missing from the set for the condition. Parent topic: Activate Care Guidelines Template

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View a Clinical Reference for Guideline Items

You can view the clinical references for a recommended care and care guideline orderable items on the Activate Care Guidelines template. You can view the web-based clinical reference for recommended care and care guideline orderable items. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the Care Guidelines link on any of the main template. The Care Guidelines template opens. Select Add/Update in the Care Guidelines panel. The Activate Care Guidelines template opens. Select a care guideline item and select the Web button. You can view the addresses of guideline clinical references from the Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines grid view template. Activate Guidelines The corresponding clinical reference opens. Web Page Display Select an item in the grid and then select the Edit button below the grid. The Care Guideline Update template opens. Care Guideline Update Note: Additional information on the Care Guideline Update template: The High risk check box is permanently disabled. You can updat

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Reviewing Care Guidelines History

You can review the history of care guidelines tests on the Care Guidelines History template. A history of care guideline tests or exams can be reviewed on the Care Guidelines History template. You can see all guideline items that are completed and no longer due. For example, the peds guideline was applied to a 14 year old patient. Once the patient reaches adulthood, and all the well visits and other tests in the guideline are completed and no longer due, the peds guideline do not appear in the Care Guidelines template. Instead, these completed guideline items are seen on the Care Guidelines History template. Care Guidelines History The Care Guidelines History template can be opened from the: Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines template. Active Guidelines panel on the Activate Care Guidelines template. This template opens from the Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines template. Note: For a previous or custom encounter, the Save & Close and Edit buttons on the Care Guidel

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Activating a Care Guideline

You can activate a care guideline for a patient on the Activate Care Guidelines template. You must activate a patient's care guideline for health maintenance or a disease condition before you use the care guidelines for the patient. You can activate guidelines in the Active Guidelines panel on the Activate Care Guidelines template. An application message appears if you want to re-apply an already activated guideline. You can re-apply a guideline if certain items within the guideline are not being followed and you need to add them now. Note: When you re-apply a guideline, the application checks through all of the guideline items that are already active, and applies those items in the set that are missing. If there is a test found in more than one guideline activated for the patient, only one test will be maintained. The application calculates the Due Date for that test based on the settings found for the earliest start age, the latest stop age, and the shortest interval of the activated

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Activate Care Guidelines Template

You can activate a care guideline for a patient in the Activate Care Guideline template. The tasks that are done occasionally are performed on the Activate Care Guidelines template, such as: Activating a care guideline Removing a care guideline or guideline item Re-applying a removed clinical guideline or guideline item Viewing clinical references for guideline items Adding a diagnosis from the patient’s problem list to the patient's ICD billing list Reviewing care guideline history for the patient Note: You must activate a care guideline initially, usually only once. The guideline must be activated before it can be followed for a patient. Activate Care Guidelines Panels on the Activate Care Guidelines Template You can use the panels on the template to activate the care guideline for a patient. Activating a Care Guideline You can activate a care guideline for a patient on the Activate Care Guidelines template. Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item You can remove a care

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Remove an Individual Guideline Item for a Patient

You can remove an individual care guideline for a patient using the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can remove an individual guideline item not followed for the patient. For example, a diabetic foot exam is not performed on a patient who is a bilateral foot amputee, therefore, this guideline item can be removed. To remove guideline items individually for a patient, do the following: Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select the Care Guidelines link on any of the main template. The Care Guidelines template opens. Select Add/Update in the Care Guidelines panel. The Activate Care Guidelines template opens. Expand the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. Select the item in the grid in the Active Guidelines panel. The item appears on the right side of the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel in black text. Select Remove. The item is removed from the Active Guidelines grid and for this patient. No changes are made to the guideline at the application level setup, and no other patients are affected. Ac

Removing a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item

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Restore a Guideline Item

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Remove an Individual Guideline Item for a Patient

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Reviewing Care Guidelines History

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Activate Care Guidelines Template

Remove an Individual Guideline Item for a Patient