Open the Ophthalmology ASC Home Template Using Template Launcher
Click the
Templates
icon in the
History
toolbar.
The
Select Templates
window opens.
On the
Medical Records
tab, double-click
ASC Home - OPH
in the list of templates.
The
ASC Home - OPH
template opens and the Ophthalmology ASC tabbed template set appears.
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NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Ophthalmology ASC Home Template
The ASC Home – OPH (eyeasc_homescreen) template is the Home page starting template for the Ophthalmology Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) template set only. When using this template, you are taken to an Ophthalmology 10-tab template set that is used to document a surgical encounter, beginning with pre-procedure calls to the patient to patient arrival and pre-operative nursing, to the actual OR record, post-operative nursing care and patient discharge. The following shows the ASC Home - OPH template, which appears as the Home tab of the Ophthalmology ASC tabbed template set. To open automatically when you create a new encounter, you can configure eyeasc_homescreen as a default template in Preferences. asc home - oph template Open the Ophthalmology ASC Home Template Using Template Launcher Parent topic: Ophthalmology Home Templates and Tabbed Template Sets
NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Ophthalmology Home Templates and Tabbed Template Sets
For Ophthalmology there are three Home templates available to users: ASC Home – OPH (eyeasc_homescreen) for Ophthalmology Ambulatory Surgical Center Home Page – OPH (oph_home_page) - starting point for current, preferred workflow for Office encounters Home – OPH (eyemaster_im) - starting point for older 10-tab workflow Each of these home templates function as a starting point for documenting an encounter for each of the sub-specialties that are currently included within the Ophthalmology NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. It is important to understand how to choose which of these templates to use and when. Note that the display name is shown first, with the Template Editor name shown within parentheses. Ophthalmology ASC Home Template Parent topic: Ophthalmology Home Templates
NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Open an Ophthalmology Home Template
Click the Templates button found in the History toolbar. The Select Template window opens. Select to show All. The list refreshes to display all templates. select template window Scroll down until you see the Home template you wish to use displayed in the list and double-click it to open the template. Note: You can type the first letter of the template's display name on the list and the list refreshes to show templates beginning with the letter. For example, type the letter ‘H’ to search for Home Page - OPH. This will enable you to locate your template more quickly. Opening the specialty Home template opens the tabbed office visit template set. Parent topic: Opening the Ophthalmology Home Template
NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Opening the Ophthalmology Home Template
If you haven't selected a default medical records template, you can use Template icon on the History Toolbar to open the Ophthalmology Home Page - OPH template you wish to use by selecting it from the list of medical records templates. home page - oph For users that work within a single specialty, you can set a preferred medical records template to open by default when a patient chart is opened and a new encounter is created. For users that work with more than one specialty, you can select a list of preferred templates to use as a starting point in Preferences. Open an Ophthalmology Home Template Parent topic: Ophthalmology Home Templates
NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Ophthalmology Home Templates
Ophthalmology Home Templates Ophthalmology Home Templates Ophthalmology has three Home templates to choose as a starting point for documenting an encounter. For General and Retina Ophthalmology, there are two choices: Home Page – OPH template (oph_home_page) which uses the newer framework-based tabbed encounter workflow (This is the preferred workflow.) Home – OPH template (eyemaster_im) which uses the original 10–tab encounter workflow If the Retina provider has not been designated as such in the Eye Configuration practice template, or if a generalist wants to use the Retina workflow for a particular patient, then the Use retina workflow for this encounter check box should be selected when using 10-tab workflow. Note: In this version of NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, the Home – OPH template (eyemaster_im) and the original 10–tab encounter workflow can still be used, but this is not the preferred workflow. Ophthalmology Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) continues to use the ASC Home
NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite Help 2022.2
Ophthalmology Ambulatory Surgical Center Setup
In this version of NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine, the Ophthalmology ASC templates remain the familiar 10-tab template set as in previous versions. Open this template set by selecting ASC Home – OPH listed in Template Launcher in the History toolbar or configured as a preferred medical records template in Preferences on the Template tab. To use the Ophthalmology ASC workflow, for billing purposes and to meet certain regulatory requirements that clinical records for an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) be kept separate from a clinic, certain configuration prerequisites must be performed in File Maintenance. This includes setting up the ASC as a separate practice and configuring this Ambulatory Surgical Center as the rendering provider. When documenting an Ophthalmology ASC encounter, the ASC Center is selected as both the Practice and the Provider. Setup for Ophthalmology ASC in File Maintenance Billing for an Ambulatory Surgical Center Parent topic: Configuring NextGen Ophthalmic Suit
