Multiple Storage Locations for Patient Chart Items

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Patient Chart Items

Patient chart items include documents, images, notes, emails, and reports. This section provides information on: Storing patient chart items in multiple storage locations. Opening patient chart items from a data sheet or from a Patient Item trigger. Generating patient documents from the Launch Document trigger. Multiple Storage Locations for Patient Chart Items You can now store the patient chart items in separate directories. Opening Patient Chart Items from Data Sheets Patient Item Template Trigger Launching Document Trigger Run Time Parent topic: Using Templates

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Storage Locations for Images

NextGen® Enterprise EHR offers the ability to store patient chart items (such as documents, images, notes) in separate directories that are automatically separated by date. Note: If you enable multiple storage locations for patient chart items, it automatically overrides the directory setting specified in the Universal Preferences for that item type. For more information on how to set up this feature, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Multiple Storage Location Patient Chart Items for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You can store the following file formats in the Imaging module: JPG2000 2 Color (B&W) JPG2000 16 Color JPG2000 256 Color JPG2000 True Color (24-bit) JPG2000 High Color (32-bit) BMP 2 Color (B&W) BMP 16 Color BMP 256 Color BMP True Color (24-bit) BMP High Color (32-bit) TIFF 2 Color (B&W) TIFF 256 Color TIFF True Color (24-bit) PCX 2 Color (B&W) PCX 16 Color PCX 256 Color PCX True Color (24-bit) Parent topic: Imaging Module

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NextGen Document Storage

You can store patient chart items (such as documents, images, notes) in your NextGen environment in the following ways: In the local document path set up in Universal Preferences in the System Administrator module. In multiple storage locations for patient chart items NextGen® Enterprise EHR offers the ability to store patient chart items in separate directories that are automatically separated by date. Note: If you enable multiple storage locations for patient chart items, it automatically overrides the directory setting for the item type specified in Universal Preferences. For information on how to set up this feature, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Multiple Storage Locations for Patient Chart Items in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the Binary Large Object (BLOB) table in the NextGen database or in an external database In the System Administrator module, you can permanently set a System Info option to Store All Patient Files as BLOBs going forward. OR

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Configuring Email with NextGen® Enterprise EHR

The Workflow module provides you an easy access to your email. Whenever you log on to NextGen® Enterprise EHR, you automatically log on to your email if you have selected a default Microsoft® Outlook® profile. You must configure your email before using the Inbox. All the basic features are similar to Microsoft Outlook. NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to store patient chart items (such as documents, images, and emails) in multiple locations. Enable multiple locations storage functionality to store the items from the patient chart in separate directories, that are automatically separated by date. Note: If you enable Multiple Storage Locations support for the patient chart items, it automatically overrides the directory setting for the type of an item specified in the Universal Preferences. For information about setting up multiple locations storage feature, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Multiple Storage Locations for Patient Chart Items inNextGen

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Set Up Storage Locations

You can set up your storage locations for patient chart items. From File Maintenance, select Master Files > System > Storage Locations. The Storage Locations List window opens. To edit an existing storage location, double-click a Storage Name. To create a storage location, select open menu and select New. The Storage Location window opens. Enter the following information: In Storage Name, enter a name for the storage location. In the Storage Type section, select the File System option. In the File Storage section, enter the path of the storage location or select open folder to select a folder you want to use as the location. In the Application section, select the EHR option. In the Note field, enter comments on the storage location, if any. Either select Next to enter another storage location or select OK to exit the Storage Location window. Select Close to exit the Storage Locations List window. Select Practices from the Master Files list. A list of practices appears. Double-click a p

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View Patient Chart Access by Other Users

Your practice may enable you view a list of other users who are currently accessing the same patient's chart in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. To use this feature, the Warn on Multi Edit check box must be selected on the NextGen® Enterprise EHR list of Practice Preferences in File Maintenance. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. From the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main menu, select View and then Patient Access. The Patient Chart Access window appears. This window also appears for the other users who are viewing the patient's chart. The title bar displays the name of the selected patient. The window lists the name of each user who is accessing the chart and identifies the user's workstation, date and time of access, and phone number. After reviewing the information, select Close. Parent topic: Person and Patient Lookup in NextGen Enterprise EHR

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