Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

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Care Guidelines Introduction

You can control the functions for a paitient using the Care Guidelines template. In NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, the Care Guidelines templates are used to handle health maintenance and disease management functions, including guideline testing and screening, and recommended care. The Care Guidelines templates are available from all the specialty template sets. CAUTION: The Care Guidelines templates are used in a clinical setting with patients. Individuals responsible for maintaining the system need to carefully review the content available on the templates. You can update the content as necessary to meet the needs of the practice. Open the Care Guidelines Template You can open the Care Guidelines template using the Care Guidelines link. Care Guidelines Paged View Template You can document the care guidelines details for a patient using the Care Guideline Paged View template. Care Guidelines Grid View Template You can document the care guidelines details for a patient using the Care

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Care Guidelines Report

You can generate a care guidelines report for the patient's record. You can use the ngsprep_care_guidelines stored procedure to generate enterprise-level reports that display all patient records (in alphabetical order) that are due for the specified care guideline or test. For example Pap, lipid panel. The ngsprep_care_guidelines store procedure, when runs, temporarily updates care guidelines data prior to run the report. It ensures that the generated report shows records with updated care guideline data to view all patients that are due for the selected guideline. However, the patient's chart is not updated. CAUTION: Care guidelines in the patient’s chart only gets updated when you create an encounter and run the care guidelines store procedure, for example on the Intake template. To create a specific guideline report, you need to filter the data by accessing the options from the NextGen Report Filter: Patient template. You can configure a memorized report. Note: These five care guide

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Care Guidelines Configuration

You can configure the care guidelines for a patient on the Care Guidelines template. You can use the Care Guidelines templates in NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine to handle health maintenance and disease management, including guideline testing and screening, and recommended care. The provides detailed information about configuration required before the Care Guidelines templates are used in a clinical setting, it is suitable for the individuals who are responsible for setting up and maintaining the system. Condition/Reason Shipped with NextGen Adaptive Content Engine You can pre-define condition or reason for a patient with NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Parent topic: Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use

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Care Guidelines Setup

On the Care Guidelines Setup template, you can set up the guideline test items. Care guidelines consist of orderable items (previously known as protocols) and recommended care items. Some guideline items are performed within a specific time interval, indicated by a date in the Due column. Items with due dates are ordered, and items without a due date are listed as a reminder to review them with the patient and update their status without having to place orders. Before you use the Care Guidelines panel on the Care Guidelines templates, you must review and ensure that the guidelines that come with the application meet the needs of the practice. For configuration, care guidelines are divided into orderable and recommended items. Using the Care Guidelines Setup practice template, you can set up orderable items. Care Guidelines Setup Care Guidelines Definitions You can set up the care guidelines definitions on the Care Guidelines Setup template. Panels Used in Setting Up Orderable Items You

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Care Guidelines Overview

You can set up the care guidelines for a patient using the Care Guidelines template. Care Guidelines are made up of care guideline orderables (formerly protocols) and recommended care items with minimal difference in case of clinical workflow. Some guideline items are performed on a specific time interval, which is indicated by a date in the Due column, and others are not. Items with due dates are ordered, while items without a due date are listed as a reminder to the provider to review them with the patient and update their status without having to place orders. For configuration and setup purposes, care guidelines are separated into two types, care guideline orderables and recommended care. Each type of guideline is configured differently. Care Guideline Orderables are those items that are associated with orders in the application; they have CPT® billing and compendium codes. Recommended Care items do not appear in the Orders table. They include things, such as medications and patien

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Care Guidelines

The Care Guidelines templates are used to handle Health Maintenance and Disease Management functions, including guideline testing and screening, and recommended care. Setting Up Care Guidelines for Use You can set up the care guidelines for a patient and document the details on the Care Guidelines template. Care Guidelines Introduction You can control the functions for a paitient using the Care Guidelines template. Care Guidelines Grid View You can follow a disease or condition and health maintenance during a patient encounter on the Care Guidelines grid view template. Care Guidelines Paged View You can record the activities for a disease, condition, and health maintenance during a patient encounter on the Care Guidelines Paged View template. Activate Care Guidelines Template You can activate a care guideline for a patient in the Activate Care Guideline template. Care Guidelines Report You can generate a care guidelines report for the patient's record. Clear and Restore Utility You can

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