Growth Charts

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Generate a Graph from a Medical Records Template

You can generate a graph for a NextGen® Enterprise EHR Medical Records template associated with a patient encounter. For the graph to display properly, numeric data must exist in the template fields. If fields do not contain data, no data is displayed in the graph. As the graph is being generated, NextGen® Enterprise EHR displays a warning if a field does not contain data. Data can only be added or revised in template fields in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Your system administrator creates and modifies templates using Template Editor. For more information about NextGen® Enterprise EHR templates, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Templates User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You can save a Medical Records template graph to the patient encounter. Open the patient to graph Medical Records template data for. For more information on opening a patient, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Patient Demographics Guide for NextGen E

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Access the Graphing Module

In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, open a patient. For more information on opening a patient, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Patient Demographics Guide for NextGen Enterprise. From the File menu, select Graph. Select the graph type: Order Results, Templates, Timeline, or a Growth Chart option. Parent topic: Graph Generation

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Growth Chart Generation from the NextGen® Enterprise EHR File Menu

You can generate the following growth charts for a pediatric patient from the NextGen® Enterprise EHR File menu for either NextGen® Enterprise EHR custom templates or NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine templates. You do not need to open the template. Age vs. BMI Age vs. Height Age vs. Weight Age vs. Head Circumference Weight for Length Each growth chart shows the percentile where the patient's measurement falls in relation to pediatric peers, represented by a red dot. For information on the available age ranges, data sources, and percentiles graphed, see Standard Growth Charts, Premature Growth Charts, Turner Syndrome Growth Charts, and Down Syndrome Growth Charts. You can also generate growth charts by: Selecting growth chart links on NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine pediatric templates. Inserting a growth chart Graph field on your NextGen® Enterprise EHR custom template. For more information on Graph fields, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Templates

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Growth Chart Generation from NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine

NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to record a pediatric patient's body measurements and graph growth charts from them using NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine pediatric templates. The growth chart uses template data from all of the patient's encounters. You can generate a selected type of growth chart from the Record Vital Signs template or a set of up to four growth charts at a time from the Pediatric Vital Signs template. The growth chart graphs are based on the type and age of the patient and the measurements provided. You can also generate growth charts from a NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine template by using File menu commands in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You can graph BMI, height, weight, head circumference, and weight versus length. For more information on using NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine for pediatric patients, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Pediatrics User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Growth Chart Measurements Parent topic: Vi

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Generating Pediatric Growth Charts

NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to generate age-based growth charts. Percentiles on a growth chart are used to compare a pediatric patient to other children of the same gender and age. The percentiles are shown as lines drawn in curved patterns. In addition to standard growth charts, specialized growth charts are available for Turner syndrome, Down syndrome, and premature patients. You can generate growth charts from NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine or NextGen® Enterprise EHR custom templates. You can also select a growth chart type from the NextGen® Enterprise EHR File menu for a specific NextGen® Enterprise EHR custom or NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine template. After you generate a growth chart, you can adjust the plot, customize the display, and save and print the graph. To begin using growth charts, you must have a patient open in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. For detailed instructions on working with locations, providers, patients, and encounters in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, go to

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View Pediatric Growth Charts

You can view the pediatric growth chart based on the age and measurements of the patient. The standard growth chart measures BMI, weight, height, and head circumference. Before you begin Before you generate a growth chart, you must set up the appropriate graphing preferences. For more information on growth charts and graphing preferences, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Growth Charts User Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR and System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. Open the SOAP template. In the Vital Signs panel, click Add. The Pediatric [Age] Vital Signs template opens. In the Growth percentile section, click the Growth Chart link. The Pediatric Growth Charts - graph template opens based on the age and measurements of the patient. Pediatric Growth Charts - graph Note: Age vs. BMI growth charts appear even if the patient age is less than two years. However, the patient's details are not plotted on theAge vs. BMIgrowth chart, if they are unde

Growth Charts

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