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Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy

  1. Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter.
  2. Open the NTS Homepage template associated with the encounter, and then select an SLP visit type.
  3. Open the NTS Speech Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel.
  4. Under Treatment, select Education.
    The Speech Education template opens.
  5. Under Education, select a field to open a list of education descriptions, and then do one of the following:
    • Select a description from the list to insert it into the field.
    • Select Free Text to return to the field, and then enter a custom description of the education provided.
  6. Optional: Repeat the previous step to document additional patient education.
  7. In Patient and/or Caregiver Education, enter additional information related to the patient education or caregiver training.
    This information appears on the Plan of Care and Office Visit documents.
  8. Select Save & Close.
    The SLP Education row is added to the Treatment grid in the Objective panel.