Screen for Future Fall Risk
You can document the patient's risk for falls.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
- To open the Social History – Lifestyle template, do one of the following:
- On the Histories template, on the Social panel, select Lifestyle , and select Add/Edit.
- In the History Summary panel on Intake, select Lifestyle from Social, and select Add/Edit.
The Social History – Lifestyle template opens. - In the Home Environment/Safety section, in Falls in the last year?, select the applicable option.
- If you select Yes, enter the number of falls.
- In Did the fall(s) result in injury?, select the applicable option.
- If you select Yes, then enter information about any injuries resulting from falls in the Details field.
- In Is the patient at risk for falls?, select the applicable option.
- Select the Fall Risk Plan link to access the Fall Risk section of the Health Promotion Plan template, if needed.
- To open CQM - Falls Risk , select the Quality button.
Note: You can view the information about Falls Risk clinical quality measure from CQM - Falls Risk .
- Select Save & Close.