Generate Sign Off Comments Document for a Locked Encounter

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Generate Sign Off Comments Document for an Unlocked Encounter

You can generate and save a Sign Off Comments document for a selected encounter and then print it. You need to select an existing unlocked encounter containing the signed off document, lab result, or image with comments. In the Communication Component Grid, select the Document menu, and select Sign Off Comments. Telephone Communication The Sign-Off Comments document is generated in a new tab. Sigh-Off comments The document contains a summary of all the sign off comments logged for the current encounter for the patient. The document header displays the patient name, date of birth, phone number, and encounter date and time stamp. The document footer displays the provider name, document generation date and time stamp, and the name of the person who generated the document. Comments are listed by type (Sign-Off), date and time stamp, comment entered, and the name of the employee who entered the comment. Note: You may need to generate the document again if new sign off comments are added. If

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Generate Sign-off Comments Document from Custom Templates

If you are using the Communication Component on a custom template, you can import the sign_off_comments.ndx file or use your own custom document. To create a custom Sign-off Comments document, you can set up a Communication Summary macro with a Communication Type filter of PAQSignOffComments in Document Builder TX Text. To open a Sign-off Comments document from a custom template, you must set up certain sign-off comments triggers in Template Editor. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Templates User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR and Documents User Guide (TX Text Control) for NextGen® Enterprise . Parent topic: Sign Off Comments Document

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Import the Sign Off Comments Document File

You can now import the sign_off_comments.ndx file in Document Builder TX Text. Open the Document Import/Export Wizard in Document Builder TX Text. Select the document Import operation. Select the Compile Document(s) check box and select Add. Go to the NextGenRoot folder on your file server. Open the Macro_Update_Documents folder. Double-click the sign_off_comments.ndx file and select Next. Select Finish. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Documents User (TX Text Control) Guide for NextGen® Enterprise . Parent topic: Sign Off Comments Document

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Sign Off Comments Document

The Sign Off Comments document provides a summary of all PAQ sign-off comments for the selected encounter by date and time. You can generate the Sign Off Comments document on an unlocked or locked encounter. On a locked encounter, the document is generated offline and saved as an addendum. The document must be generated within the encounter that contains the signed-off item with comments. To generate and print a document with sign-off comments from the Communication Component on the NextGen Adaptive Content Management (formerly NextGen® KBM) Telephone Communication template, you must import the sign_off_comments.ndx file. If you are using the Communication component on a custom template, see Generate the Sign Off Comments Document from Custom Templates. To print the most recent PAQ sign-off comments, excluding lab results, use the File > Custom Print\Send function in NextGen® Enterprise. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Layouts a

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Offline Generation of Patient Documents

Document Builder TX Text uses the Document Queue utility to generate patient documents offline. Generating patient documents offline can be extremely useful in a busy medical office. For example, a doctor can generate a patient document on a remote workstation while attending a patient. Document Queue Requirements Process Patient Documents Offline Document Queue Access Multiple Instances of EMR DocProc.exe Document Queue Window Components Run Document Queue Document Queue Process Options Pending Documents Completed Documents Document Queue Errors Log Parent topic: Document TX Text Overview

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Configure the Telephone Communication Document to Generate Offline

From the File menu, select System \ Practice Templates. The Select Template window appears. In the Show section, select All. On the Practice tab, open the Document Configuration practice template. In the Practice Level Configurations section under Document Options, select the Set templates other than the Master document and Chart Note to Offline document generation check box to automate the generation as offline. For more information on document options, refer to the Document Configuration Practice Template for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine available on NextGen Healthcare Success Community. Parent topic: Configuring Your Documentation Preferences

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