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Add a Message to the Chart

When sending a message to another NextGen® PxP Portal user, if you select Send & Chart, the message is automatically added to the patient's chart after it is sent. When charting a message, the default encounter type is only applied if you do not select a specific encounter or encounter type. For more information about setting up the default encounter type, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Configuration Guide for NextGen® PxP Portal.

You can add messages to the chart in one of the following ways:

From the

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Workflow module

Select a message and select To Chart.

Inbox of a message category

Right-click a message, select Add to Encounter, and then select one of the following encounter types:
  • Add to New Encounter (Locked)
  • Add to New Encounter (Unlocked)
  • Add to/Update Original Encounter
    • The message is charted to a new unlocked encounter if it has not been charted using this option.
    • The message is charted to the last used encounter if previously charted using this option.
  • Add to an encounter with a specific date and time
    • This option is available only if the message is already added to the chart.

The message is added to the patient's chart. A check mark appears next to the message in the Communications window.

Patient Portal Message window (when composing, replying to, or forwarding)

Select the arrow on Send & Chart, and then select a charting option:
  • Add to New Encounter (Locked)
  • Add to New Encounter (Unlocked)
  • Add to/Update Original Encounter
  • Do not add to the chart
Add a Message to the Chart