Managing Patient Cases in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

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Enable the Case View in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

To view cases associated with your patients, you must enable Case View in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. When Case View is enabled, you can view cases for all patients. In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. To view the cases associated with the selected patient, select the settings icon, and select the View Case Management check box on the user-level display setting window. Note: When you select a patient who does not have any cases associated with their history, you receive a message that there are no cases to load. The Encounter History tab displays the Case Management information. On the Encounter History tab, select an encounter that has case, and select the context menu icon and then select Properties. Note: Some Cases can be marked as Private. If you have selected a case that is marked private, then you must have proper user rights and permissions to access that case information. The Case Management window opens. Review available case related info

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Managing Patient Cases

You must access the Case Management window to manage patient cases. Case Management Hot Keys Enable the Case View in NextGen Enterprise EHR Set Up Case Management Preferences in NextGen Enterprise EHR Displaying the Encounter History for Cases in NextGen Enterprise EHR Modify a Case in NextGen Enterprise EHR Parent topic: Managing Patient Cases in NextGen Enterprise EHR

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Modify a Case in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

You can modify a case in NextGen® Enterprise EHR at any time. In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. On the Encounter History tab, select an encounter that has case, and select the Case Options icon and then select Properties. Note: Some Cases can be marked as Private. If you have selected a case that is marked private, then you must have proper user rights and permissions to access that case information. The Case Management window opens. Make any necessary modifications to the selected Case or the related data. Select OK. Parent topic: Managing Patient Cases

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NextGen® Enterprise EHR -Specific Features

In addition to creating Cases, you can perform the following functions in NextGen® Enterprise EHR: Modify the privacy-level of a Case, refer to Case Privacy for more information. Use the Template Editor to modify Case information, refer to Case Templates. Print and Fax Case information, refer to Printing/Faxing Case Information. Case Privacy Add a Template to a Case Print or Send Case Information Parent topic: Managing Patient Cases in NextGen Enterprise EHR

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Set Up Case Management Preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

You are able to set up Case View as your default setting. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR and load a patient. On the Encounter History tab, select the settings icon. The My Patient History Settings window opens, showing the default encounter information and a sample display. If your practice is using Case Management, under the My Patient History Settings | Encounter History section, select the View Case Management check box to view the cases associated with the selected patient. To apply the new settings, select Apply. View Case is set to be your default preference. To restore the practice preference settings, select Reset to Practice Settings. Parent topic: Managing Patient Cases

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Cases in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

The Case Management functionality enables users of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR and NextGen® Enterprise PM applications to group patient encounters based on common data into cases. Cases may include encounter details such as, workers' compensation, occupational health (non-injury), ambulatory care, group health PT. This enables users to submit only the medical-record data of each patient that is required to meet insurance and legal obligations. Create a Case You can create cases by grouping patient encounters based on common data into cases. Case Privacy Parent topic: Encounter Options for Encounter History

Managing Patient Cases in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Recommendations

Enable the Case View in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Managing Patient Cases

Modify a Case in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

NextGen® Enterprise EHR -Specific Features

Set Up Case Management Preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Cases in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Enable the Case View in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Managing Patient Cases

Modify a Case in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

NextGen® Enterprise EHR -Specific Features

Set Up Case Management Preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Cases in NextGen® Enterprise EHR