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Case Privacy

There is a security control setup at the Case level. Restriction of security rights can be set for: Diagnosis Category Employer Location Market Payer Case Type Case Category. For example, a list of restricted employers can be maintained for each group or role in the system. If it is documented that a patient’s case is associated with “NextGen” and NextGen Healthcare is marked as restricted, then the case is marked as private. Cases marked as private are suppressed if the case data has been designated as restricted for the specific user group. Private Cases All of the contents of an Encounter associated with a private case are not displayed in the Encounters tab. Any row data within the NextGen® Enterprise modules is hidden if the case is marked as private and the user is restricted. Documents in encounters that are marked as private are restricted in the Custom Print and Export Patient Documents features as well. If the user is a member of multiple group or roles, they are not able to

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Create a Case

Before you begin Ensure that the View Case Management check box is selected in the user-level settings to enable the case management on the Encounter History tab. Any changes made to the Patient's Encounter preferences occur only after you reload the Encounter History tab. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. To create a case, do one of the following: On the Encounter History tab, select an encounter, and select the Encounter Options icon and then select Case. From the File menu, select New > Case. The Case Management window opens. Select an appropriate option in the required fields highlighted in red and the non-required fields as needed for the case. Select OK.The case created appears on the Encounter History tab. Note: When you select a Case on the Encounter History tab, the following are disabled on Patient Information Card (PIC). Patient Tracking Links to open the Medical Records templates Medical records templates with data presence indicators such as, Patient Providers, HIPAA However, y

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create a Case

Before you begin Ensure that the View Case Management check box is selected in the user-level settings to enable the case management on the Encounter History tab. Any changes made to the Patient's Encounter preferences occur only after you reload the Encounter History tab. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. To create a case, do one of the following: On the Encounter History tab, select an encounter, and select the Encounter Options icon and then select Case. From the File menu, select New > Case. The Case Management window opens. Select an appropriate option in the required fields highlighted in red and the non-required fields as needed for the case. Select OK.The case created appears on the Encounter History tab. Note: When you select a Case on the Encounter History tab, the following are disabled on Patient Information Card (PIC). Patient Tracking Links to open the Medical Records templates Medical records templates with data presence indicators such as, Patient Providers, HIPAA However, y

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create a New Case in NextGen Enterprise PM

This procedure provides instructions for creating a case. On the General tab of the patient chart, you can enter related cases, diagnosis and procedures codes, case contacts, and select encounters to include in the case. Each new Case is automatically assigned a numeric Case Number. All Case Numbers are sequential. To access a patient's chart, select the chart icon and search for the applicable patient. Open the patient's chart and then select Case Management. The Cases window opens. To access the Case Management window, select the open menu icon and select New. In the Available Encounters list, select the encounters that you want to add to the case. The Case Management window displays the name of the selected patient and the Case #. Enter the reason for creating the case, in the Case Description field. Enter the date the condition first occurred, in the Onset Date field. Enter all available additional information on the General tab. Select the Financial tab and enter all pertinent Pay

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create Cases in an Encounter

Before you begin In Practice Preferences, you must turn on Enable Case Management on the Case Management tab in File Maintenance. You can view and group the common patient encounter data in a case. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select Chart, and then in Patient Lookup, enter your search criteria, and then select Find. Matching people and patient records appear in the search results. In Matching Records, select a patient record , and then select Open. The Patient Information tab opens in the Patient Chart window. Select the Encounters tab, select the Case Management tab, and then select an encounter. The cases associated with the selected encounter appear. Select the open menu icon next to Case Management, and then select New. In the Case Management window, enter the necessary information, and then select OK. Note: You can view and clear the existing cases for the selected encounter. For more information on managing patient cases, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Com

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Manage Cases from Encounters

Before you begin Ensure that the View Case Management checkbox is selected in the user-level settings to turn on case management on the Encounters tab. Any changes made to the Patient's Encounter preferences occur only after you reload the Encounters tab. The Encounters tab in NextGen® Enterprise EHR provides access to the cases and encounters available for the selected patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. On the Encounters tab, select a case, select Case Options, and then select Properties. Note: Some cases can be marked as Private. If you select a case that is marked private, then you must have necessary user rights and permissions to access that case information. The Case Management window opens. Make necessary modifications to the selected case or the related data. Note: For more information on Case Management, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Case Management Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. Select

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