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Assign External Resource Links in Practice Preferences

You can assign links for the external resources in the Resources Practice Preferences. Alternatively, users can External Provider References in the User Preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. These User Preference settings override the settings from the Practice Preferences.
  1. Open the Practice Preferences.
  2. From the Preference List, select Resources.
    The following modules are listed for you to provide links to external resources:
    • Diagnosis and Problem
    • Procedure
    • Medication Allergy
    • Medication
    • Orders Module - Lab Results
  3. In the URL column, enter the external resource link for the following resources in Label column, as required:
    • External Patient Education
    • Clinical Decision Support
    • External Provider Reference

      While entering URLs, you must adhere to the following parameters:

    • Base URL up to a maximum of 256 characters
    • Parameterized URL up to a maximum of 1024 characters

      Each label provides the needed URL and whether the label is InfoButton compliant. If a label is not InfoButton compliant, the Info Button field is blank. External provider reference can be HL7 InfoButton compliant, but it is not mandatory.