Manage Patient Information Card at Practice-Level

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

View the Patient Information Card

When you open a patient's chart, the patient's information appears on the Patient Information Card (PIC) in the default expanded view. The PIC's position is fixed and always visible from any clinical module or template within the NextGen® Enterprise EHR workflow. You can collapse the PIC when you need more workspace for other modules or templates. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Search for and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. The patient chart opens and the expanded view of the PIC appears by default. To collapse the PIC, select button. Note: In the collapsed view, you can select Profile Options to view and select templates that are available in the expanded view of the PIC. To return to the expanded view, select button. Viewing Patient's General Information You can view a patient's general information on the Patient Information Card (PIC), including non-demographic and social history information. Viewing Patient Demographics Information You can view up to three types of pati

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Modify Patient Information

You can update the patient's information on the Patient Information Card (PIC) through the Modify Patient Information window. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. To modify the patient's information; on the PIC, do one of the following: Select the patient's name. Select Profile Options, and then select Modify Patient from the list. The Modify Patient Information window opens. Make the desired changes, and select OK. Note: For more information on the Modify Patient Information window, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Patient Demographics Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Manage Patient Information Card at Practice-Level

You can customize the appearance of the Patient Information Card (PIC) at the practice level with System Administrator rights. You can edit or remove patient information data fields and template links. Open File Maintenance. Under Master Files, select EHR, and then select Application Appearance.The EHR Application Appearance window opens displaying the preview of the Patient Information Card (PIC), Quick Buttons, Encounter History, and Categories for the Deafult configuration. Select the required configuration, and then select Edit.The Edit EHR Application Appearance Configuration window opens displaying the layout of the Patient Info tab by default. To change or remove a data field, select the corresponding Edit link.The Data Field window opens, where you can select an alternative existing data field from the list under the Select a pre-defined data field section, or create a custom data field and display a label under the Select a custom data field section. Note: You can configure a

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Using Layout and User Preferences

NextGen® Enterprise EHR layout comprises menus and toolbars such as Title bar, Main menu, Top toolbar, and Status bar. You can set the user preferences and work with patient encounters and categories. You can also view the calendars and icons, and access the Alerts module, if the Patient Information Card (PIC) is enabled. The PIC in NextGen® Enterprise EHR provides the following information. Patient general information Patient demographics information Patient medical summary information Encounter-based information NextGen® Enterprise comes with an integrated spelling checker that automatically detects and corrects spelling errors as you type alphanumeric characters in certain text fields. You can use the spelling checker only on editable fields. NextGen Enterprise EHR User Interface Overview of the Main Window Overview of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR main window, its menus, toolbars, modules, and other components components. Quick Buttons for Patient Medical Summary Information You can

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

View Patient Alerts

You can view a quick list of all available NextGen® Enterprise EHR and NextGen® Enterprise PM alerts for the patient on the Patient Information Card (PIC). You can also open the Patient Alerts window to view, acknowledge, add, edit, snooze, and remove the patient's NextGen® Enterprise EHR and NextGen® Enterprise PM alerts. Note: The Alerts button in red color with a numeric count; indicates that there are patient alerts available. For example, . When there are no alerts, the button appears as . Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. To view a quick list of available alerts for the patient; on the PIC, hover over Alerts.The Alerts table appears listing the patient alerts by type and description. Alerts that require acknowledgement, appear at the top of the list, denoted by red-colored text and the indicator. Note: If you configure the Practice Preferences settings in File Maintenance to include NextGen® Enterprise PM alerts, such alerts appear in

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Modify Layout and Preferences NextGen® Enterprise EHR

You can modify a configuration for the layout that you want to display on NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open File Maintenance. Under Master Files, select EHR, and then select Application Appearance. The EHR Application Appearance window opens displaying the preview of the Patient Information Card (PIC), Quick Buttons, Encounter History, and Categories for the Default configuration. Select the required configuration from the list. Note: The EHR Application Appearance window displays a preview of the Patient Information Card (PIC), Quick Buttons, Encounter History, and Categories based on the settings in the selected configuration. To view a configuration associated with a practice, select Look up by Practice, select a practice from the list, and then select OK. The configuration associated with the practice appears in the configurations list. Note: Once you associate a practice with a configuration, it cannot be associated with any other configuration. Select Edit.The Edit EHR Application Ap

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