Set up Display of Pending Items in Patient Chart

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Set up the Sort Order for Items in Your Queue

From the Provider Approval Queue menu, select Preferences. The PAQ Preferences window opens, with the General tab in view. In the Sort Items By section, do the following: Select one of the following sort criteria from the list. Item Type Item Description Patient Name Date-Time Practice Select the Ascending or Descending order option. Select OK. Parent topic: PAQ General Tab Preference Options

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Set up the Order Results View

You can select the default view for patient test results and include the test description. From the Provider Approval Queue menu, select Preferences. The PAQ Preferences window opens, with the General tab in view. In the Order Results section, do the following: To display the description of the test, select the Show Test Description check box. Select one of the following results view: Formatted View. Displays the test results with XML formatting and inherits the same features as the formatted Results tab of the Orders module. Grid View. Displays the results in a formatted grid. Document/Image View. Displays the document/image results in the left side of the preview pane and images/documents on the right side of the preview pane. Select OK. Parent topic: PAQ General Tab Preference Options

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Set up the PAQ Date and Time Display Properties

You can set up PAQ date and time to display the various properties. From the Provider Approval Queue menu, select Preferences. The PAQ Preferences window opens, with the General tab in view. In the Date-Time section, select one of the following timestamps to display for PAQ items from the list: Create timestamp. Date/time of when the item was created. Modify timestamp. Date/time of the last modification to the item. Encounter timestamp. Date/time of the encounter for the item. Select OK. Parent topic: PAQ General Tab Preference Options

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Set up Selection of the First Item in Your Queue

You can set up a preference to automatically select the first item available in your queue when you open the PAQ. From the Provider Approval Queue menu, select Preferences. The PAQ Preferences window opens, with the General tab in view. In the first section, select the Select the first item in the list when initialized check box, if it is not already selected. Select OK. Parent topic: PAQ General Tab Preference Options

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PAQ General Tab Preference Options

The General tab on the PAQ Preferences window enables you to set up custom preferences to do the following. Stay signed on to the PAQ until you log off. Have the first item in your queue selected when you open the PAQ. View PAQ items across practices. Set up the PAQ sort order. Set up the PAQ timestamp display properties. Set up whether pending and rejected documents and images are displayed in the Encounter History tab. Set up how often the PAQ is refreshed. Set up the order results view. Copy document and image signoff comments to linked lab and radiology orders. You can copy PAQ Options from one user to another within the same practice using the Copy User Preferences option in the Admin menu in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. For more information, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Layout and Preferences Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR. Set up the Keep Me Signed on until Logout Preference Procedure to set up the user or provider signed in until logout. Set up

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PAQ Tabs

The PAQ contains the following tabs. Pending Lists the items for which approval by the selected provider is pending. Rejected List the items rejected by the selected provider. History Lists the items accepted, rejected, and reassigned by the selected provider. You can select an item on any tab to view the details of the item. If you have the view items across practices preference set up, you can use the Practice list to view the items from a particular practice. You can also select the type of items to view in the Items list. Note: You can select or clear all the item selections using the Select All check box on the PAQ tabs. The selection of items filter on the Pending or Rejected tab is retained for the other tab but you must make a separate selection of items for the History tab. If at least one item is not selected in the Items list, the Select All check box gets cleared. The last selected items filter is retained on all the PAQ tabs. Mark PAQ items as Read or Unread in the Pending

Set up Display of Pending Items in Patient Chart

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Set up the Sort Order for Items in Your Queue

Set up the Order Results View

Set up the PAQ Date and Time Display Properties

Set up Selection of the First Item in Your Queue

PAQ General Tab Preference Options

PAQ Tabs

Set up the Sort Order for Items in Your Queue

Set up the Order Results View

Set up the PAQ Date and Time Display Properties

Set up Selection of the First Item in Your Queue

PAQ General Tab Preference Options

PAQ Tabs