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.
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NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
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 updatView a Clinical Reference for Guideline Items
NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
You can remove a care guideline for a patient in the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can use the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel on the Activate Care Guideline template to remove individual guideline items or an entire care guideline by disease condition. You can also restore guidelines that are removed. You can do the following: Remove a guideline by condition is only available for the most current encounter for the patient. Remove an individual guideline item that is not followed while the remaining items for the guideline are followed for the patient. Remove a guideline in the current encounter, if you add a guideline by mistake or it no longer applies to the patient. If the guideline was added in a past encounter, historical documentation is saved, but cannot see the guideline in future encounters. Remove an Entire Guideline by Condition You can remove an entire care guideline by condition for a patient in the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. Remove an Individual Guideline IteRemoving a Care Guideline or Individual Guideline Item
NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
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 activatedActivating a Care Guideline
NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
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 careActivate Care Guidelines Template
NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
You can re-apply a care guideline for a patient in the Activate Care Guidelines template. You are re-applying a guideline when you activate an already active guideline. You can re-apply a guideline to follow new items within the guideline. 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 Active Guidelines panel, select the Condition field. A list of all pre-configured care guidelines opens. Select the condition in the list for the guideline to re-apply and select OK. A message appears asking if you would like to re-apply the care guideline. Select Yes to re-apply the guideline, or No to cancel. Parent topic: Activating a Care GuidelineRe-applying a Guideline
NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8
You can remove an entire care guideline by condition for a patient in the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. You can remove an entire guideline by condition using the Condition/Reason list grid in the left side of the Remove/Restore Guidelines panel. This functionality enables you to remove an activated guideline added by mistake for a wrong patient. Note: You can only remove a guideline during the same encounter in which it was activated. 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 a condition listed in the left side Condition/Reason grid. Remove/Restore Guidelines Select Remove. The condition and all protocol and recommended care items associated with the condition are removed. Note: If you have multiple active guidelines with some overlap in testing, remove a co