Generate Sign Off Comments Document for an Unlocked Encounter

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Generate Sign Off Comments Document for a Locked Encounter

You can generate the Sign Off Comments document offline for a locked encounter through the Document Queue utility in Document Builder TX Text. For more information on offline document generation, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Documents (TX Text) User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise . Open the patient's chart. In the Encounter History tab, expand the locked encounter that contains the signed-off document, lab result, or image with comments. Select to open the template that contains the Communication component. In the Communication Component Grid, select the Document menu and select Sign Off Comments (Off-Line). Telephone Communication The document is generated offline and saved as an addendum. Parent topic: Sign Off Comments Document

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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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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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View and add Provider Signoff Comments

Before you begin You must use the latest version of SAP® Crystal Reports®. You can view the current signoff details and comments from the previous provider for a pending, rejected, or signed-off PAQ item on the Encounters or Categories tab for a selected patient document, image, SAP® Crystal Reports®, or HTML object. You can add the provider sign-off comments for a signed-off or rejected PAQ item. The added comments are displayed in the Communication Component grid. If the PAQ Copy Signoff Comments preferences are turned on, any comments you enter for a document, or image linked to a lab or radiology order are copied to the Sign-off and Tracking Comments section of the order in the Orders module. For more information on sign-off comments for PAQ items linked to lab orders or radiology orders, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Workflow Module Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. OpenNextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from thePatient Lookupwindo

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View Patient Document Properties

You can view document and encounter information, file properties, and user permissions for a selected patient document on the Encounters or Categories tab. For more information on properties of documents signed off by multiple users, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Multi-user Document Signoff Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. To view the properties of a document, do one of the following: Select the Encounter History tab, Select a patient encounter, that contains the document, and select the button to open the Encounter Details window. Select the item to view the properties, and select the button. Popup Menu for a Document Select the Categories tab, To view a category item, do one of the following: Select List View from the list. Select Tree View from the list. To expand all categories; select a category, select Category Options, and select Expand All Categories. To expa

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Communication Component Grid

The Communication Component Grid appears at the top of the Communication component. Communication Component Grid The grid displays details about logged calls made in the Communication component. Details for specific calls can be collapsed and expanded using the and icons next to the call. Calls logged from the previous telephone call template displays in the grid, but these calls can only be viewed in the component. You can make changes to the call based on the Panel properties. After the call is changed or updated, it is displayed as a new row in the Communication Component Grid under the existing Call Type. From the grid, you can: Filter logged calls Create a task for logged and unassociated calls Generate a document for logged calls If you select a communication task from the Workflow module, the Communication component opens and focuses on the call associated with the task. The Sign-Off Comment call type has been added in the Communication component. This call type appears only if

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