Display Similar Tests Together on the Results Flow Sheet

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View Combined Results Using LOINC

In the Orders module, select the Results tab. On the Results tab, select NextGen Description from the View Results by list. Select the Show Only Results check box in the Results tab Top toolbar. The results from these tests combine in the display on the same line in the Results flow sheet. Note: You can set user preferences to use NextGen Description as the default labs result view and to View Results Only. For more information on setting up these preferences, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Layout and Preferences Guide for NextGen Enterprise EHR. Parent topic: LOINC Support and Results Grouping

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Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor

From File Maintenance, use Order Components to define a component and related LOINC Code for each vendor that you use. For example, Labcorp has a glucose component, Orchard has a glucose component, and Quest Diagnostics has a glucose component. Load LOINC codes and define the test clinical name. To define the LOINC Code for an Order Component, from File Maintenance, select System > Order Components. In the Order Components List, enter the name of a Component Desc. in the Order Components List Search field, and select the desired item in the list that appears. The Add/Modify Order Component Information window opens. Select the folder in the Loinc Code section. The Map LOINC Code to Component window opens. Enter the test order name, and then select the desired LOINC code to add it to the Included section and map this code to the test component. Select OK. Repeat these steps for each vendor's result component to be grouped in the Results flow sheet, using the same LOINC code. Note: Note t

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Map Vendor Test Codes to the Same NextGen Code for Each Test Order Code

See Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor. In File Maintenance, select Order Tests. Select the Open Menu button to create a version of this test for each vendor. Map the component to the same NextGen Test Key for each vendor. Select the desired NextGen Key code, and then select the right arrow to add the code to the Included pane. Select OK in the Key code window. Select OK to save the code value with the test component. Parent topic: Display Similar Tests Together on the Results Flow Sheet

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LOINC Support and Results Grouping

The Orders module supports the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes universal coding for test results (known as LOINC®) . This feature allows you to see test results for the same type of test on the same line even if the tests were performed at two different labs. By way of example, if one lab says "White Blood Count" in the results message and one returns "WBC" in the results message, the LOINC system has a standard ID for test result components that brings them together on the same line in the Results flow sheet. Important: When viewing results in the Orders module on the results flowsheet, they are grouped per a user defined preference: Lab Short description,Lab Long description or NextGen description. If results are grouped by NextGen description, the result names can be either the clinical name, the consumer name or the long common name. When the NextGen description is used, then what name gets used to group the results is determined by the following rules: 1) Does the

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Orders Management Console Toolbar for LOINC Code Updates

Buttons Function You can choose to filter the new items by New Information only Different information only If selected, the differences are highlighted in the compendium list and the blue arrows are activated to move through the differences. If not selected, the differences are shown as plain text. Moves through the new LOINC code list one at a time, or moves to the beginning or end of list. Select this button to get information on how to edit compendium data. Save modified LOINC records. Update (Save) displayed LOINC records. The following example shows a window with lab and radiology test update samples illustrating these color indicators and toolbar controls. The following columns appear in the Orders Management Console data LOINC Code Updates Column Column Content or Indicates a new record or a conflict with existing data. Code This is the LOINC code ID that is used to identify this test in the NextGen compendium, for example "10032-1." Component Description This is the text descri

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Update Clinical Name for Orders LOINC Code Master File

NextGen® Enterprise EHR supports LOINC Codes. This set of codes comes loaded in your database when you install NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You cannot add a new LOINC Code. You cannot change the Component name. You cannot hide (delete) a LOINC code. You can update the Clinical Name associated with the LOINC Code. Select File Maintenance > Master Files > System > LOINC. Enter part of the Component Name. Select to highlight the desired component. Select in the Clinical Name field. Enter the updated Clinical Name. Select Save to update the Clinical Name for this LOINC code. Note: When you update the Clinical Name, be sure to run the appropriate SQL script in order to update the existing results. Parent topic: Orders Setup and Maintenance

Display Similar Tests Together on the Results Flow Sheet

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View Combined Results Using LOINC

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LOINC Support and Results Grouping

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View Combined Results Using LOINC

Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor

Map Vendor Test Codes to the Same NextGen Code for Each Test Order Code

LOINC Support and Results Grouping

Orders Management Console Toolbar for LOINC Code Updates

Update Clinical Name for Orders LOINC Code Master File