Acquiring and Filing Documents and Images

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

Acquire All Documents and Images from a Directory

You can acquire the entire contents of a directory which is on the network or a local system. Open NextGen® Document Management. On the toolbar, select Scan & File to open the Batch Information window. Enter a description for the batch of documents or images you are about to acquire. You can leave the default description as QuickScan if you prefer. To assign the acquired batch to a user, select the user name from the Secured to User list. You can secure the batch to up to 5000 users. When you secure a batch to a user, no other user with the same level of security privileges can access the batch. Any person with a higher security setting (such as an administrator) can still access a secured batch. To automatically save the image batch after image acquisition, select the Auto Save Batch After Acquisition checkbox. In Acquire Profile, select Directory Import. Select Acquire. In Browse for Folder, select the directory that contains the files you want to import, and then select OK. To cance

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

Append Documents After Acquiring Documents and Images from a Scanner

Before you begin Set your scanner color settings to 200 dpi and to black and white. After you scan a document as part of the Scan & File process or as a batch, you can append the document. Appending a document involves adding more pages to the document you have just scanned. You can append documents both before and after you post them. In the scanner, place the document or image you want to scan. Open NextGen® Document Management. On the toolbar, select Scan & File to open the Batch Information window. Enter a description for the batch of documents or images you are about to acquire. You can leave the default description as QuickScan if you prefer. To assign the acquired batch to a user, select the user name from the Secured to User list. You can secure the batch to up to 5000 users. When you secure a batch to a user, no other user with the same level of security privileges can access the batch. Any person with a higher security setting (such as an administrator) can still access a sec

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

Acquire Documents and Images from Files

Before you begin To ensure that you do not file any duplicate documents with similar items, configure duplicate alert messages in File Maintenance. You can acquire and file documents and images from a file in the network location or the local computer. Open NextGen® Document Management. On the toolbar, select Scan & File to open the Batch Information window. Enter a description for the batch of documents or images you are about to acquire. You can leave the default description as QuickScan if you prefer. To assign the acquired batch to a user, select the user name from the Secured to User list. You can secure the batch to up to 5000 users. When you secure a batch to a user, no other user with the same level of security privileges can access the batch. Any person with a higher security setting (such as an administrator) can still access a secured batch. To automatically save the image batch after image acquisition, select the Auto Save Batch After Acquisition checkbox. In Acquire Profil

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

Scan Documents and Images in Batch

Before you begin Set your scanner color settings to 200 dpi and to black and white. You can scan a document as part of a batch or the Scan & File process. Then, you can append, or add more pages to, the document you just scanned. You can append documents both before and after you post them. Place a document or image you want to scan into your scanner. Open NextGen® Document Management. On the toolbar, select Batches. In Image Batches, select the open menu button, and then select New. In Batch Information, enter a description for the batch of documents or images. In Acquire Profile, select Scanner, and then select Acquire. You can also select Scan Template in Acquire Profile, and then select the scanning template that you want to use from the Scan Template list. The TWAIN Driver interface opens. Set the scanning preferences you want, and then select Scan. The viewer displays the scanned document or image. To add more pages to the same document, select Acquire, and then scan more documen

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

File a Batch

After you scan a batch of documents and images into NextGen® Document Management, you can file them to make the individual documents of the batch easily available when you search for the document. The application holds the current file values when you change document types while filing batches. As you file a large batch, if the filing information does not change starting from the second page to several pages afterwards , you can select the navigation buttons to move through the pages until you reach a page that begins a new document. You can either select New Doc or select a different document type in the list to create a new document. Using the navigation buttons to move through a document while filing eliminates unnecessary database accesses since whenever you select File, you save the data to the database. Note: You can file maximum 50 pages in a single document. When you file to a document with a rendering provider on it and select a patient with a default primary care physician, y

NextGen® Document Management User Guide,

Audit a Batch

You can audit the images that you select from a directory. If the images from the directory are indexed, you can post the images to one or more patients. Open NextGen® Document Management. On the toolbar, select Batches. In Image Batches, select the open menu button, and then select New. In Batch Information, enter a description for the batch of documents or images. In Acquire Profile, select Audit Batch, and then select Acquire. The File Import window opens. Select the archived directory from where you want to import images as part of the audit batch, and then select Open. The viewer displays the previously-indexed imported images. Note: If the images are not indexed, a message appears stating that the audit found no images that are missing indexes. On the image viewer toolbar, select the file document icon, and then file the images to the desired patient. Parent topic: Acquiring and Filing Documents and Images

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