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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

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Overview of the Main Window

The NextGen® Enterprise EHR main window components include the Title Bar, Main Menu, Top Toolbar, Patient Information Card, Quick Buttons panel, Encounter History/Categories view panel, and calendars. You can configure the practice preferences settings in File Maintenance to display the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) tabs and customize the system date format. NextGen® Enterprise EHR supports standard-keyboard shortcuts for several functions of the main window. Application and Patient Information Overview of the components of the title bar on theNextGen® Enterprise EHR main window. MDI Tabs Customize the System Date Format Main Menu Top Toolbar Status Bar Select a Date from a Calendar Common Application Icons Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Parent topic: Using Layout and User Preferences

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Main Menu

The NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main menu is located at the top of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main window. It contains the following options: File, Edit, View, Tools, Admin, Utilities, Window, and Help. Note: The following additional Main menu options are available based on active module selections within NextGen® Enterprise EHR: Menu Name Description Default Available only when templates are active. For more information go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Templates User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR . Insert Format Table Available only when documents are active. For more information go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Documents (TX Text) Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR or the Documents (HighEdit) Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR . Imaging Available only when images are active. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Imaging Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR

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Customize the System Date Format

NextGen® Enterprise EHR enables you to customize the date format used throughout the system. The default settings are set to display the date in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY, for example, 09/10/2017. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR main window. Right-click the system date located on the Status bar of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR application, and select Date Properties. The Date Properties window opens. To change to a user-defined setting throughout the system, select Use Custom. To change the update rate for the system date, select the up or down arrow in the Update Date/Every Min section. The default is set to update the system date every minute. You can change the setting to any rate from 1 minute to 60 minutes. Under Custom Format, select the date format to use throughout the system. For example, if you select the format Month/Day/Year, the date would appear as February 08, 2017. To accept the changes, select OK. The system displays the user-defined date format. To cancel the change

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Application and Patient Information

The title bar appears at the top of NextGen® Enterprise EHR main window and displays the application and patient name. When you open a module, the module name also appears on the title bar. If you open other items, such as templates, documents, or images, the item name and time stamp appear on the title bar. In case of images, the image dimensions also appear. You can display the following additional patient identifiers based on your practice preferences settings. Date of birth and age Medical record number Gender Social Security number Phone number Preferred name Parent topic: Overview of the Main Window

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Main Menu

The NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main menu is located at the top of the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main window. It contains the following options: File, Edit, View, Tools, Admin, Utilities, Window, and Help. Note: The following additional Main menu options are available based on active module selections within NextGen® Enterprise EHR: Menu Name Description Default Available only when templates are active. For more information go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Templates User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR . Insert Format Table Available only when documents are active. For more information go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Documents (TX Text) Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR or the Documents (HighEdit) Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR . Imaging Available only when images are active. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Imaging Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR

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Encounters in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Overview of the Main Window

Main Menu

Customize the System Date Format

Application and Patient Information

Main Menu

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main Window

Encounters in NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Overview of the Main Window

Main Menu

Customize the System Date Format

Application and Patient Information

Main Menu