Results Outside of a Defined Critical Range

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Edit a Critical Results Range Value

From the Application Launcher, access NextGen® Enterprise EHR. To expand the Results panel, select the down arrow. From the Results toolbar, select Setup. Select the vendor from the Please select vendor list. The default selected vendor is the entity that performed the test. Select an existing component range. Select Edit. The Add New Critical Range for window opens. Enter or select new values. Select OK. The updated critical results range appears in the window. Select OK. Parent topic: Define Critical Result Ranges

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Define Critical Result Ranges

You can define a range of results for each type of test order. Then, when results are recorded for test orders that are outside of the normal range, an alert appears. You must have permissions set up in System Administrator to set up and change alert settings. On the Orders Summary tab, select an order that has results with a status of Final. To expand the Results panel, select the down arrow. From the Results toolbar, select Setup. The vendors list is displayed from the external system table. The entity that performed the test is the default vendor. The list is associated with a specific vendor, such as Labcorp® or Quest Diagnostics®. The vendors list is provided by a system table and is loaded with NextGen® Enterprise EHR. The list is updated, when needed, by NextGen Healthcare. Select the vendor from the Please select vendor list. A list of all result components for that vendor appears. If the vendor is not set up with any components, the Components list is empty. Note: The list of

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Track Overdue Test Results Using the Overdue Orders Filter

On your custom practice template with an Orders Management order control, select the Overdue filter. The filter displays tests ordered within the previous two weeks that do not have results yet. For each order, view the test result due dates in the Expected Results column. Parent topic: Tracking and Updating Expected Test Results Due Dates

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Test Orders Created Outside NextGen® Enterprise

When you create or update a lab or radiology order, you can select an Ordered Elsewhere check box to indicate that the test was ordered outside of NextGen® Enterprise. This check box appears on the toolbar of the Create New Lab Order window, Create New Radiology Order window, Update Lab Order window, and the Update Radiology Order window. Parent topic: Select Tests Panel

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Display New Results Entries in the Results Panel

On the Orders Summary tab, select a completed test. To expand the Results panel, select the down arrow. Select the New Results Entry tab. The results appear with the patient detail at the bottom of the Results panel. To print these details, select Print Results on the toolbar. Note: If you are creating a new results entryfor an ordermanually, there is a 60-character limit on the Component description field. If you exceed this limit, the extra characters are truncated. Parent topic: New Results Entry Tab

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Generate Diabetes Report of Patients at Risk for a Diagnosis

This report needs to identify patients who have received lab results of a glucose level greater than 126 two or more times, and who have never been diagnosed with diabetes. To create this report, you would filter the data by accessing the following modules or options from the Report Filter Settings List: Orders (for example, Order Type: Laboratory; Test Results: Glucose, two or more times greater than 126) Diagnosis (for example, Diabetes) Patient (Patient demographics filter) After making all of your filtering and data selection choices, generate the report. Parent topic: Report Filter Examples

Results Outside of a Defined Critical Range

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Edit a Critical Results Range Value

Define Critical Result Ranges

Track Overdue Test Results Using the Overdue Orders Filter

Test Orders Created Outside NextGen® Enterprise

Display New Results Entries in the Results Panel

Generate Diabetes Report of Patients at Risk for a Diagnosis

Results Outside of a Defined Critical Range

Edit a Critical Results Range Value

Define Critical Result Ranges

Track Overdue Test Results Using the Overdue Orders Filter

Test Orders Created Outside NextGen® Enterprise

Display New Results Entries in the Results Panel

Generate Diabetes Report of Patients at Risk for a Diagnosis