You can use different filters to refine your patient education topics search in both internal and external sources.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
- Open Patient Education Browser.
- Select either Internal or External, and then select the search term.
Note: If you select Internal Patient Education in the Procedures or Problems modules, the patient education material that is available for searching, is context-sensitive. If the filter options do not appear, you can increase the size of the window to view the filters.
- To change the language, select a language from the Language list.
Note: The default language is English.
- To refine your search, select the age range and gender.
Note: The Patient Education Browser window selects the age and gender by default based on the selected patient's demographics. You can change the age and gender.
- In Search Criteria, enter the text according to the set criteria.
If you select ICD Code, you must enter an ICD code. If you select Title or Terms & Title for the search criteria, you must not enter commas in the search field to separate words. The search results are based on the entire phrase or individual words.
Note: The Patient Education Browser window remembers searches you perform during the session. You can select the Search Criteria list to select most-recently entered text.
- Select Search.
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Search Results display the patient education topics that match the filtered search criteria. If the search is through an external resource, the search results pull the topics from a specified external resource website.
- To customize the patient education layout, do any of the following:
- To sort the results, select the column headers.
- To re-arrange the display order, drag a column header to the left or right.
- To view a topic in the preview pane, select the topic.
- To change the language of the document, in the preview pane, select the English and Spanish links.
