Case Privacy

There is a security control setup at the Case level. Restriction of security rights can be set for:

• Diagnosis Category
• Employer
• Location
• Market
• Payer
• Case Type
• Case Category.

For example, a list of restricted employers can be maintained for each group or role in the system. If it is documented that a patient’s case is associated with “NextGen” and NextGen Healthcare is marked as restricted, then the case is marked as private. Cases marked as private are suppressed if the case data has been designated as restricted for the specific user group.

Private Cases

• All of the contents of an Encounter associated with a private case are not displayed in the Encounter History tab.
• Any row data within the NextGen® Enterprise modules is hidden if the case is marked as private and the user is restricted.
• Documents in encounters that are marked as private are restricted in the Custom Print and Export Patient Documents features as well.
• If the user is a member of multiple group or roles, they are not able to see Cases for the union of employers across the groups or roles in which they are members.