Family Unit

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

NextGen® Enterprise EHR User Interface

The Layout and Preferences Guide describes the menus, toolbars, modules, and other components of NextGen® Enterprise EHR application interface. It explains how to set up user preferences and work with patient encounters and categories. It includes instructions for the following modules: Graphing module. How to create a graphical representation of a patient information. Family Unit module. How to group patients together under a certain name or category; for example, grouping family members or grouping patients undergoing a study. Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Family Unit

The Family Unit module enables you to group patients together under a certain name or category. You can use this module in a number of different ways, from grouping family members to grouping patients undergoing a selected study. NextGen® Enterprise EHR allows an unlimited number of family units, as well as an unlimited number of members in each unit. A patient can be a member of one or more units at the same time. Set up a New Family Unit Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Set up a New Family Unit

NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to set up new family units from existing patients. The Family Unit Setup window enables you to either create a new group of patients or make changes to an existing group. From the File menu, select Family Unit and then Unit Setup. The Family Unit Setup and Family Name windows open. In the Family Name window, enter the name of the family unit to set up, and select Add. The new family unit name is added to the list of available choices. To find an existing family unit to be updated, enter the name of the unit, and select Search. The matching family unit name is listed. Select OK. The Family Unit Setup window opens, with the family unit name selected on the Family Name window. To change the name of a Family Unit Name or to select another Family Unit, select the Family Name button to return to the Family Name window. Add Members to a Family Unit Define Family Unit Member Relationships Define Effective Dates for a Family Unit Assign Patient Aliases Search

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Set up a New Family Unit

NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to set up new family units from existing patients. The Family Unit Setup window enables you to either create a new group of patients or make changes to an existing group. From the File menu, select Family Unit and then Unit Setup. The Family Unit Setup and Family Name windows open. In the Family Name window, enter the name of the family unit to set up, and select Add. The new family unit name is added to the list of available choices. To find an existing family unit to be updated, enter the name of the unit, and select Search. The matching family unit name is listed. Select OK. The Family Unit Setup window opens, with the family unit name selected on the Family Name window. To change the name of a Family Unit Name or to select another Family Unit, select the Family Name button to return to the Family Name window. Add Members to a Family Unit Define Family Unit Member Relationships Define Effective Dates for a Family Unit Assign Patient Aliases Search

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

NextGen® Enterprise EHR User Interface

The Layout and Preferences Guide describes the menus, toolbars, modules, and other components of NextGen® Enterprise EHR application interface. It explains how to set up user preferences and work with patient encounters and categories. It includes instructions for the following modules: Graphing module. How to create a graphical representation of a patient information. Family Unit module. How to group patients together under a certain name or category; for example, grouping family members or grouping patients undergoing a study. Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

System Administrator User Guide

View Family Unit Member(s) Operation

The View Family Unit Member(s) Operations subgroup in the System Administrator application enables users to use the Member Search to search for family units and view the family members within the family unit. This permission is helpful to users who do not have the View Patient Name permission from the main Patient Lookup. For more information about the Family Unit module and Member Search, see the Layout and Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Parent topic: Subgroups of the Operations Permissions Group

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Set up a New Family Unit

Set up a New Family Unit

NextGen® Enterprise EHR User Interface

View Family Unit Member(s) Operation