Track Patient During an Appointment

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View the Patient Information Card

When you open a patient's chart, the patient's information appears on the Patient Information Card (PIC) in the default expanded view. The PIC's position is fixed and always visible from any clinical module or template within the NextGen® Enterprise EHR workflow. You can collapse the PIC when you need more workspace for other modules or templates. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Search for and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. The patient chart opens and the expanded view of the PIC appears by default. To collapse the PIC, select button. Note: In the collapsed view, you can select Profile Options to view and select templates that are available in the expanded view of the PIC. To return to the expanded view, select button. Viewing Patient's General Information You can view a patient's general information on the Patient Information Card (PIC), including non-demographic and social history information. Viewing Patient Demographics Information You can view up to three types of pati

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Encounters in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

An encounter is an interaction with a patient on a specific date at a specific time. An encounter can be a visit, a phone call, a virtual visit, a referral, a test result, or an interaction. A patient can have more than one encounter per day. Patient encounters are displayed on the Encounter History tab. You can expand or collapse the Encounter History tab using the button above the Quick Buttons panel. Each row in the Encounter History tab represents one encounter. Encounters are identified by date and time, provider, and location. The Encounter History tab displays basic information of an encounter like the rendering provider, location, appointment type/reason for visit, templates and documents related to the appointment. The Encounter History tab displays the list of encounters created for the selected patient and includes the following components: New Encounter Creates an encounter. Open Template Displays available templates. Filter By Displays the list of encounters for specified

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Modify Patient Information

You can update the patient's information on the Patient Information Card (PIC) through the Modify Patient Information window. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. To modify the patient's information; on the PIC, do one of the following: Select the patient's name. Select Profile Options, and then select Modify Patient from the list. The Modify Patient Information window opens. Make the desired changes, and select OK. Note: For more information on the Modify Patient Information window, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Patient Demographics Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Using Layout and User Preferences

NextGen® Enterprise EHR layout comprises menus and toolbars such as Title bar, Main menu, Top toolbar, and Status bar. You can set the user preferences and work with patient encounters and categories. You can also view the calendars and icons, and access the Alerts module, if the Patient Information Card (PIC) is enabled. The PIC in NextGen® Enterprise EHR provides the following information. Patient general information Patient demographics information Patient medical summary information Encounter-based information NextGen® Enterprise comes with an integrated spelling checker that automatically detects and corrects spelling errors as you type alphanumeric characters in certain text fields. You can use the spelling checker only on editable fields. NextGen Enterprise EHR User Interface Overview of the Main Window Overview of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR main window, its menus, toolbars, modules, and other components components. Quick Buttons for Patient Medical Summary Information You can

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Track the Patient's Appointment

You can track the time and location for the patient during an office visit. Select the patient's appointment time in the details section of the Appointments tab. Select History in the Workflow toolbar. The Patient Appointments template opens which enables you to view or enter the resource/provider, date and time, status, and location. For more information on using this template, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Getting Started Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Note: Based on the practice preference, an alternate tracking template may appear. The default position of the Status column in an alternate template may differ from the Patient Appointments template. Parent topic: Appointments

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

View Patient Appointments

Before you begin You must ensure that you have an active license for NextGen® Enterprise PM. In NextGen® Enterprise EHR Appointments Quick Button, you can view patients future and past appointments based on configuration. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. On the Quick Buttons panel, hover over Appointments.The Appointments table appears displaying the configuration message, the patient's future and recent past appointments and date and time, status, resource or provider, location and reason columns. When the View by Resource is selected in the Inbox module of NextGen® Enterprise EHR, the resource column appears in the Appointments table; similarly, when the View by Provider is selected, the provider column appears. Note: The patient's future appointments appear first on the Appointments table, highlighted in bold text, followed by recent past appointments. If no appointments are scheduled for a selected patient, a message appears stating

Track Patient During an Appointment

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