Invalid Birth Date

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Invalid Birth Date

If a patient has an invalid value in the Birth Date field as a result of data imported from an external source, such as a demographics interface, the application alerts you in the following ways: When the Modify Person Information or Modify Patient Information window is opened, the Birth Date field is highlighted in red. If you select OK without modifying the Birth Date value, a message appears alerting you about the invalid date. When you try to open the Patient Chart, a message appears stating that the patient has an invalid date of birth. Note: If you do not know the patient's date of birth, you can select Cancel to open the patient's chart. Parent topic: Add General Information for Patients or Other Persons

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Viewing Patient Demographics Information

The Demographics tab in Patient Information is the default tab that appears on the patient chart displaying demographics, patient status and client-defined information for the patient. You can select Who/When button to view the Created By and Last Modified By information. The demographics information consists of gender identity, preferred pronoun, current gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, and pharmacy information. The fields that appear for demographic information depend on the selections made on the Enterprise Preferences Client Defined tab and/or the Practice Preferences of the Chart window. You can create the Patient Expired label on an expired patient's chart by selecting the Expired check box and entering the expired date on the Demographics tab in the Add Person Information or Modify Person Information window For more information on adding or modifying patient demographic information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the Patient Demographics Guide

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Recalls for Expired Patients

On the Modify Patient Information window, when the Expired check box is selected, a prompt displays after entering an Expiration Date for patients that have one or more future appointments and/or active recall plans. The purpose of the prompt is to alert the user that future appointments for the patient should be cancelled and active recall plans should be stopped. Expired patient with active recall plan(s) Expired patient with future appointment(s) Expired patient with active recall plan(s) and future appointment(s) Note: System Alerts can also identify expired patients with future appointments and/or active recall plans if enabled in Practice Preferences > Alerts. Parent topic: Recall Plans

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Marking the Patient as Expired

When you select the Expired option on the Modify Patient Information window and enter an Expiration Date for patients that have one or more future appointments and active recall plans, a messages appears stating that the future appointments must be canceled and the to stop the active recall plans for the patient. Note: If you select the system alerts in the Alerts section of the Practice Preferences window, then when you open the Modify Patient Information you get a message with the information on the expired patients with future appointments and active recall plans. Parent topic: Removing an Appointment

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Marking the Patient as Expired

When you select the Expired option on the Modify Patient Information window and enter an Expiration Date for patients that have one or more future appointments and active recall plans, a messages appears stating that the future appointments must be canceled and the to stop the active recall plans for the patient. Note: If you select the system alerts in the Alerts section of the Practice Preferences window, then when you open the Modify Patient Information you get a message with the information on the expired patients with future appointments and active recall plans. Parent topic: Removing an Appointment

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Patient Information Data Fields in Form and Label Templates

The following table lists the Data Repository data fields for Patient Information. Data Fields Description Alternate Phone Patient's alternate phone number Note: This field pulls the phone number from the Alternate Phone field on Add/Modify Patient Information > Demographics. Alternate Phone Ext. Patient's alternate phone extension number Note: This field pulls the extension number from the Ext field next to the Alternate Phone field on Add/Modify Patient Information > Demographics. *Birth Date Date of birth (mandatory) *Birth Date(mmddyy) Date of birth in the mmddyy format Chart Details Marketing Co... Chart Details Marketing Comments Chart Details Marketing Data Chart Details Marketing Data Chart Details Marketing Plan Chart Details Marketing Plan Correspondence Language Patient's preferred correspondence language Day Phone Patient's daytime phone number Note: This field pulls the phone number from the Day Phone field on Add/Modify Patient Information > Demographics. Day Phone Ext. P

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