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Sign off PAQ Items with Actions

When you sign off a pending PAQ item, you can also execute saved actions or create new actions. You can save the actions for future use.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open the Workflow module.
  3. Select the Provider Approval Queue tab.
  4. In the Pending tab, select an item from the list.
    In the Items list, you can select or deselect all the items together using Select All check box. If you make a selection in either Pending or Rejected tab, the selection is saved for the other tab. You have to make separate selection for History tab.
    A preview of the item appears in the viewing pane.
    Information about the selected item appears beneath the list of items in the left pane.

  5. To display lab results in a different view, select one of the following beneath the results:
    • Formatted Results
    • Grid results
    • Documents, images, or URLs
  6. To view the item in full on your screen, select Full Screen in the Workflow toolbar.
  7. Add any comments for the selected item.
  8. To activate a saved action, do one of the following:
    • From the Sign-off with Actions list, select an action.

    • Select Sign-off with Actions.
      An Action panel opens on the left with the action set.
      • From the Action Set list, select an action.

    The action for the selected item is executed.
  9. To select new actions, do the following:
    1. Select Sign-off with Actions in the Workflow toolbar.
    2. From the Action panel, select the check box for each PAQ action to perform.
    3. If you select Task 1, Task 2, Launch Document, Launch Image, or Launch Template, enter the required information for each selected action.
      If the patient is not enrolled in NextGen® PxP Portal, Send to Patient Portal is disabled.
    The Add Additional Signees check box appears for multi-user signoff on NextGen® Enterprise EHR documents. For more information, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Multi-user Document Signoff Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR.
  10. To save, select one of the following in the Action panel toolbar:
    • Save Actions
    • Save & Run Actions

      Saves the actions for future use and then performs the actions.

    • Run Actions

      Performs the selected actions but does not save them.

    • Cancel

      Clears all your selections and returns to the Pending items section.