Picklist Configuration for Ophthalmic Providers and Visit Types

You can configure picklists for external, slit lamp, and posterior physical exam findings by provider and visit type in the Picklist Configuration section of the Eye Configuration practice template. You can also setup customized default picklists. The ability to customize external, slit lamp, and posterior physical exam picklists supports the preferences of individual providers in the NextGen® Ophthalmic Suite. Configuring customized physical exam picklists by a provider is optional. In runtime, if a customized picklist has not been defined for a provider and visit type, the default picklist is used. If there is no default picklist, then the existing picklist packaged with the system is used.

When a provider is setup as a Retina specialist, a different set of Retina-specific picklists is used on the exam templates and Retina-specific common assessments to appear on the Common Assessments template. If a Retina specialist would like to use the functionality for configuring customized physical exam picklists, they can do so by not being set up in the Provider Specialty grid as a Retina specialist, and the provider can create their customized physical exam picklists. On the Common Assessments template, you can manually select to display common assessments for the Retina sub-specialty.