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Encounter Display Settings
Encounter Display Settings
You can select options to specify the following:
Which encounters are listed
How encounters are identified
Which encounter components are included
Criteria for automatically expanding encounters
Manage Encounters at Practice-Level
You can edit or remove patient information data fields and template links on the
Encounters
.
Manage Encounter Display Information at User-Level
You can set encounter display preferences for a user in
NextGen® Enterprise EHR
.
NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help
View Encounter Information
NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to quickly view the contents of an encounter for a selected patient on the Encounter Details window. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from Patient Lookup window. Select an encounter and select the Double arrow button to open the Encounter Details window. Select the respective link to view any document, template, module, or report associated with the encounter.The selected patient item opens in the main window of NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Note: If an encounter is locked, you can open the patient item in read-only format. You can update information for a locked encounter by creating an addendum or custom encounter. View RxChange Messages on Encounters eRx Refill Request Notifications You can view an ePrescribing (eRx) refill request and respond to it. Cancel Rx Response From the Pharmacy You can view the Cancel Rxresponse from the Pharmacy in the Encounters tab. Parent topic: Encounters in NextGen Enterprise EHR See also Addendums and
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Encounter Options for Encounters
The Encounter Options button on the Encounters tab provides you quick access to configure the encounter. The Encounter Options comprises the following elements. Sensitivity Settings Lock encounter/Unlock encounter Delete Encounter Encounter Level Insurance Encounter Description / Remark Properties Case Note: Cases are hidden if the View Case Management Encounter Display check box is not selected in the user or practice preferences. Copy Virtual Visit URL Note: Copy Virtual Visit URL is hidden when Virtual Visit is not enabled for the selected encounter. Sensitive Encounters You can mark an encounter as sensitive.You can mark an encounter as no longer sensitive. Lock an Encounter You can lock an encounter to prevent any changes to a patient encounter. Unlock an Encounter You can unlock an encounter to allow others to make changes. Delete an Encounter You can delete encounters that do not have any templates, documents, images, or patient items attached to them. Assign Insurance to an Enc
NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help
Encounter Display Settings
You can select options to specify the following: Which encounters are listed How encounters are identified Which encounter components are included Criteria for automatically expanding encounters Manage Encounter History at Practice-Level You can edit or remove patient information data fields and template links on the Encounter History. Manage Encounter Display Information at User-Level You can set encounter display preferences for a user in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Parent topic: Encounters in NextGen Enterprise EHR
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Manage Encounters at Practice-Level
You can customize the appearance of the Encounters at the practice level with System Administrator privileges. You can set patient’s encounter preferences for the encounter display, encounter filters, encounter component expansion, and inclusion of Case Management, if applicable. Encounters are identified by date and time, provider, and location. You can choose which information to include, its format, and its order. You can also choose to include remarks. Open File Maintenance. Under Master Files, select EHR, and then select Application Appearance.The EHR Application Appearance window opens displaying the preview of the Patient Information Card (PIC), Quick Buttons, Encounters, and Categories for the Default configuration. Select the required configuration, and then select Edit.The Edit EHR Application Appearance Configuration window opens. Select the Encounter History tab. Edit EHR Application Appearance Configuration Window Under the My Patient History Settings | General section, do
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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 Encounters tab. You can expand or collapse the Encounters tab using the Double arrow button above the Quick Buttons panel. Each row in the Encounters tab represents one encounter. Encounters are identified by date and time, provider, and location. The Encounters 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 Encounters tab displays the list of encounters created for the selected patient and includes the following components: New Creates an encounter. Open Template Displays available templates. Filter Displays the list of encounters for specified parameters. Encounter type Displays
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Manage Encounter Display Information at User-Level
You can choose the information to be included along with its format, and order. You can also include remarks. You can set encounter display preferences in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. On the Encounters tab, select the settings icon.A window opens, showing the default encounter information and a sample display. Under the My Patient History Settings | General section, do the following: To open a patient in the Encounters or Categories tab in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, in Default View, select the desired option. To open the NextGen Document Management images in NextGen Document Management or NextGen® Enterprise EHR by default, in NextGen Documents Management items select, Open in NextGen Document Management or Open in NextGen EHR. To limit the display of patient encounters to the current practice in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, in Enterprise Chart, select the Only Show Encounters From This Practice check box. Under t
