Fix Mismatched File Format

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

View Existing Patient Documents

You can view the existing patient documents on the Encounter History or the Categories tab. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open a patient from the Patient Lookup window. Select the appropriate encounter on the Encounter History tab and select the icon. The Encounter Details window opens. The icon to the left indicates the signoff status. If you do not see the document icon, select button on the Encounter History or the Categories tab. Select the document link to open the document in the designated viewer. Note: If the system detects a possible mismatched file format, it attempts to determine the actual format of the document and load it. If the document does not display properly, you can change the file format in the database to match the format in which the document has opened, or you can select a different document viewer. To close the document, select File and select Close. Fix Mismatched File Format Parent topic: Patient Documents Related tasks Fix Mismatched File Format Signoff Pat

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Documents Preferences

The Documents tab enables you to set up documents preferences for the following: Viewers by document type A default generator and a default printer for documents opened from a template trigger and generated offline using the Document Queue utility Checking spelling in documents (TX Text viewer only) Setting the default view for documents Note: If you are using the Document Builder application with the TX Text Control®, the Documents tab of the Preferences window displays a Generating section. If you are using the Document Builder application with the HighEdit Control®, the Documents tab of the Preferences window does not include the Generating section. The following document type preferences and the default viewers are available: RTF Documents. TX Text, Word Application Text Documents. TX Text, Word Application Word Documents. Word Application Unknown Documents. TX Text, Word Application Note: NextGen Healthcare recommends that you use the TX Text document viewer as your default for al

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Document Type Viewers

NextGen® Enterprise EHR provides the following three document viewers for use with different document formats. You can specify document viewers under NextGen® Enterprise EHR Documents Preferences. Your system administrator can help you determine which viewers are appropriate for your practice. Viewer Format Supported Description TX Text .doc .docx .rtf .txt TX Text is the default viewer for all patient documents. It is also the default viewer for documents in Rich Text Format (RTF) and plain text format that are attached to patient encounters/categories in NextGen® Enterprise EHR through the Document Monitor utility. Note: NextGen® Healthcare recommends using the TX Text viewer for all supported document formats. The ability to insert addendums and lab results in a patient document is available with this viewer only. Word Application .doc .docx .hed .rtf .txt Note: To use this viewer, you must have Microsoft® Word installed and the Browse in the same window option enabled in Microsoft®

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Tools Menu

The following Tools menu options are available: Tools Option Description Document Builder Opens the Document Builder (HighEdit or TX Text Control) module. Document Export Available only with the Document Builder HighEdit Control. Accesses the Document Export utility to export document formats to another database. Document Import Available only with the Document Builder HighEdit Control. Accesses the Document Import utility to import document formats to another database. Eligibility Designates a payer as primary, secondary, or tertiary. Trace Triggers Available only with the Templates module active. Enables tracing of template triggers. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Templates User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR . Top Toolbar Enables customization of the Top Toolbar. Spelling Available only with the Documents module active. Enables Spell check. Enc. Dual Coding Opens the Encounter Dual Coding window. Enables you to specify tha

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Viewer Document Menu

You can display an action menu for the patient document currently open in the viewer. To display the document menu, you can right-click the Document Bar or anywhere in the patient document to display the following menu. The table below describes each command. Command Action Document Bar Hides or shows the Document Bar. Button Bar Hides or shows the Button/Icon Bar. Ruler Bar Hides or shows the Ruler Bar. Insert Page Break Inserts a page break in the patient document at the cursor location. Insert Image Inserts a selected image in the patient document at the cursor location. The Select image window opens. Insert Patient Image Inserts a selected patient image in the patient document at the cursor location. The Select image to insert window opens. Insert Lab Results Inserts specific lab or radiology test results in the patient document at the cursor location. Note: TX Text viewer only. Note: To insert images, patient images, and lab results in a patient document, View Access Rights for Im

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Add or Modify Format Sets

A format set contains one or more formats. From the Master Files - System list, select Formats. The Formats List window opens. Do one of the following: To add a new item, select open menu , and then select New. To modify an existing item, select the item in the list, select open menu , and then select Open. You can also double-click to open the item. The Formats window opens. In the Format Name field, enter a name for the format set. Do one of the following: To add a new format, select Open Menu , then select New. To modify a format, double-click a format in the Acceptable Number Formats list. The Format Detail window opens. Enter the format value in the Format Value field. Use the following information to help define the appropriate format value. Valid entries include: A – represents any character or space B – represents a letter (A to Z) C – represents a digit (0-9) D – represents a letter (A-Z) or a digit (0-9) The code's position in the format means that only those character types

Fix Mismatched File Format

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View Existing Patient Documents

Documents Preferences

Document Type Viewers

Tools Menu

Viewer Document Menu

Add or Modify Format Sets

View Existing Patient Documents

Documents Preferences

Document Type Viewers

Tools Menu

Viewer Document Menu

Add or Modify Format Sets