Advanced options and tools tips are available for data entry (edit), checkbox, button, active text, radio button, and data sheet fields. In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, the tooltip appears when you point to a field or to a particular row on a data sheet. For data sheets, the tooltip references the columns in the data sheet. The actions are allowed only for a saved data entry field on its Data Entry Properties window. You cannot use these actions on the Insert Data Entry window while you are creating a data entry field.
- Select the Advanced tab on the Insert window or Properties window for the field.
- Select the applicable options:
- To allow the data copy from one encounter to another, select the Copy Data Forward checkbox.
All available information is entered into a new template when a new encounter is created. This action is performed on a field-by-field level.
Note: This option can be turned on on native template fields only; it is turned off on shared template fields.
For a Data Grid - MR, you can select the Copy Data Forward checkbox from the General tab. The Copy Data Forward checkbox is not available for other data sheet types.
- To allow you to remove all trailing characters after the decimal point, select the No Zero Decimals checkbox. For example, 1.00 is displayed as 1.
Note: If you set the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Requirements Universal Preference to True, trailing zeroes are removed and leading zeroes are added, if applicable, to all decimal fields. For example, 1.0 becomes 1 and .1 becomes 0.1. This setting overrides the field property setting for the No Zero Decimals checkbox.
If you set the preference to False, trailing zeroes are removed only if the No Zero Decimals checkbox is selected for a field. The No Zero Decimals checkbox is not available for data sheets.
- To make the field available as a parameter to the template that the sub template is placed on, select the Make Public checkbox.
This option displays when you creating a field on a sub template.
- To attach voice dictation to a data entry field, from the Action Button list, select Attach Audio.
A microphone button appears in the field at run time. This option is turned on only for a saved data entry field on its Data Entry Properties window. You cannot use this option on the Insert Data Entry window while you are creating a data entry field.
- To attach a list to a data entry field, from the Action Button list, select Picklist.
- To display the Pick List window, select the ellipsis button.
- Do one of the following:
Note: The Use Stored Procedure list is not available.
- Select OK.
The Name and Caption entered on the Pick List window automatically transfers to the Data Entry Properties window.
- To turn on #My Phrases functionality, select the required group of phrases from the #My Phrases list.
Note: You can enter # to populate the My Phrases for selecting the required text and adding it to the text field.
- In the Tool Tip section, do one of the following:
- In the Tool Tip section, do one of the following:
- Select OK.