Review and Reconcile Allergies

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Review the Patient's Vital Signs

The Vital Signs panel shows the patient's vital signs as documented by the Intake staff. You can review and make the required changes to the documented vital signs by selecting a row in the grid and clicking the Edit button. To delete a vital signs record, select the row to be deleted and click the Remove button. The History link at the top of the grid shows the vital signs details in a tabular format. The Graph link shows graphical views of data based on specialty and patient age. Parent topic: Documenting SOAP Information

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Documenting SOAP Information

Use the SOAP template to enter history, exam, assessment, and plan information. Reason for Visit on the SOAP Template You can use the Reason for Visit to enter the patient introduction and additional details about the reason for visit. Physical Exam Panel You can document physical exam details. Document Review of Systems Details You can review and update symptoms entered during the patient intake process in the Review of Systems section on the SOAP template. Review and Reconcile Allergies Review the Patient's Vital Signs SOAP Link Icons The icons for various links appear on the SOAP template. Parent topic: Provider Workflow

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Review and Update Patient Allergies

You can review and update medication allergies of a patient. You can update and review a patient's allergy information in the Allergies panel. Review the allergies, and select one of the following check boxes. To indicate that you have reviewed and updated the allergy information during the current encounter, select Reviewed, updated. To indicate that a patient with existing allergies has no changes, select Reviewed, no changes. To update an allergy record, do the following: Select the grid row for the allergy record and select Update to modify the details on the Medication Allergies module. Parent topic: Allergies

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Buttons and Check Boxes in Allergies Panel

The following buttons and links are available in the Allergies panel. Button/Links Description Add Enables the provider to add any new allergy information. Update Opens the Medication Allergies module that enables you to manage the existing allergy information. Reviewed, no change Enables you to indicate that the allergy information is reviewed without any changes. Comments Enables you to add comments associated with patient's allergy. Parent topic: Patient's Allergies Review by Provider

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Enter New Allergies for a Patient

You can document allergy information for a patient. In the Allergies panel on the Intake template, if the patient reports a new allergy since the last visit, click Add. The Adult Allergies template opens. Adult Allergies Select the applicable check boxes and then select the associated reaction from the corresponding list. Click Save & Close. (Optional) Click the Allergies added today option. If the patient's allergy is not available in the Adult Allergies template, click Update in the Allergies panel to open the Allergies module and document the patient's allergies. In the Allergies panel, the Comment link opens the Allergy Comments template to add any additional information on the documented allergies. You must not enter patient allergies manually in the Allergy Comments template. Enter all allergies in the Allergies module. Note: If the Joint Commission standards are enabled, document allergy information after entering whether the patient is new or established along with the Visit ty

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Adding and Reviewing Allergies

You can add and review the allergy details associated with a patient in the Allergies panel. You can add an allergy and its reaction on the Allergies panel. You must add the severity level on the Medication Allergies module which then displays the severity level in the Reaction (Severity) column in the Allergies panel. On the Medication Allergies module, you can select multiple reactions and the respective severities for each allergy. Allergies You can select the No known allergies check box to indicate that the patient does not have any known medication allergies. You can select the Reviewed, Updated check box to indicate that the allergy details are reviewed and updated during the encounter You can select the Reviewed, no change check box to indicate that the patient does not have new details to add. You can view the intolerance details for the added allergies in theAllergiespanel if theIntolerancecheck box is selected on the Medication Allergies module. TheIntolerancecheck box indic

Review and Reconcile Allergies

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