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Track Order Comments

Open your custom practice template with an Orders Management order control. To add comments or view previous comments, select Tracking on the toolbar or right-click the order and select Tracking from the list. Note: If you are using a private or practice filter, you must select the Tracking command in the Display tab when you set up the filter. The Sign-off and Tracking Comments window opens. Review any previous comments. Enter comments. If you have created My Phrases, select My Phrases to select a phrase from the list. Do one of the following: To simply save the comments, select Save. If you add comments that require another user or group to perform a task, select Save & Task and select the recipient. Parent topic: Pre-defined Orders Management Filters See also Create the Orders Filter Display Name, Commands, and Columns Managing Orders for All Patients across a Practice

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Managing Overdue Orders for All Patients across a Practice

Using the Overdue filter, you can select the Refresh, Delete, GoTo Chart, and Tracking options, and the following additional actions: Update an order. Cancel an order. Print an order. Fax an order. Send an order. Parent topic: Pre-defined Orders Management Filters

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Open a Patient's Chart

In a custom practice template with an Orders Management order control, you can select an order and use the Goto Chart command to open the chart for the patient associated with the order and view the order in the Orders Summary tab of the Orders module. The Goto Chart command is present on the Orders Management pre-defined filters and can be set up in user-defined filters. To use this feature, you must select the Orders Summary tab as the Initial View in user preferences. If you do not specify the Orders Summary tab as the Initial View, the Results tab (default) opens. On a custom practice template with an Orders Management order control, select a single order. Select Goto Chart or right-click the order and select Goto Chart from the list. The patient's chart and Orders module open. The order you selected is highlighted on the Orders Summary tab in the Orders module and the encounter is highlighted in the Encounter History tab. View or update the patient chart information, for example,

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Pre-defined Orders Management Filters

You can choose which orders to view on the Orders Management grid using the following pre-defined filters: Due ( Default ). Displays orders that are due within the next week. Overdue. Displays orders that were due within the last two weeks or that do not have results within two weeks of their expected result date. Unfinished. Displays all unfinished lab and diagnostic imaging orders with a NextGen Status of New for all patients in the practice. Different columns and Top toolbar actions appear based on the filter selected. Managing Due Orders for All Patients across a Practice Managing Overdue Orders for All Patients across a Practice Managing Unfinished Orders for All Patients across a Practice Track Order Comments Open a Patient's Chart You can select an order and use the Goto Chart command to open the chart for the patient associated with the order. Parent topic: Managing Orders for All Patients across a Practice See also Managing Unfinished Orders for All Patients across a Practice

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Customize the Initial Tab View in the Orders Module

When you open the Orders module, the Results tab appears by default. You can set up a user preference to display a different tab as the default. For more information on Orders user preferences, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Layout and Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Main menu, select Tools > Preferences. The Preferences window opens. In the General tab, under the Orders section, in the Initial View list, select one of the following: Results Flowsheet Orders Summary Immun - Chart Immun - Recommendation Immun - Registry Select Apply and then OK. Close NextGen® Enterprise EHR and then restart it to apply the new default value when you open the Orders module. Parent topic: Orders Module Main Tabs

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Managing Orders from a Medical Records Template

The Orders Summary order control field on a Medical Records template displays a list of all orders related to the current patient from the Orders module. The orders listed and the data displayed on each order line are based on the selected predefined system or private user or practice-level filter. The first column displays an icon that identifies the order type (lab, radiology, or immunizations). Icons that identify recurring and future orders display in the fourth column. You can select the icon to view the order schedule. Practice and user-defined filters may display other information. The top toolbar displays different commands based on the selected order filter. Note: You must have the applicable access rights to add, update, or delete an order. For more information on the Orders Summary and setting filters, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Parent topic: Order Controls on Templates See also Man

Open a Patient's Chart

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Track Order Comments

Managing Overdue Orders for All Patients across a Practice

Open a Patient's Chart

Pre-defined Orders Management Filters

Customize the Initial Tab View in the Orders Module

Managing Orders from a Medical Records Template