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CDA Viewer

The CDA Viewer displays Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) documents in a human readable form. You can customize and filter the display, add comments, or create review tasks.

  • Viewing CDA Documents The CDA Viewer enables you to view CDA documents in a human readable format. The Viewer also enables you to filter, reorder, or validate CDA documents.
  • How to create filters at the practice level.
  • How to configure the initial view (Custom View or Full View) for the CDA Viewer.
  • Accessing the CDA Viewer You can open the CDA Viewer from several contexts, including NextGen® Enterprise EHR, Data Share Module, Medical Summary Utility, Clinical Reconciliation Module, or NextGen® Clinical Message Manager.
  • View Tabs The CDA Viewer provides Custom View and Full View tabs.
  • Viewing CDA Documents in Custom View You can view many of the most critical Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) sections in the Custom View tab of CDA Viewer.
  • Viewing CDA Documents in Full View The Full View displays the complete human-readable text of a CDA document, formatted as it would appear in a web browser.
  • Adding and Tracking Comments You can add comments to C-CDA documents at the document level or the section level.
  • Signing off on C-CDA Documents Sign off C-CDA documents from the CDA viewer without using the PAQ module.
  • CDA Validation The CDA Validation feature displays a detailed report of items in a CDA that violate CDA standards. This feature is available in both Custom View and Full View.
  • View Attachments How to view attachments to C-CDAs in the CDA Viewer.
  • View CCRs How to view Continuity of Care Records (CCRs) in the CDA Viewer.
  • A Universal Preference controls whether the Reconcile window launches when you hover over the Import button.
  • Availability of Features in the CDA Viewer Different subsets of CDA Viewer functionality are available, depending on how you launched the CDA Viewer (from various places inNextGen® Enterprise EHR, Data Share module, Medical Summary Utility, and NextGen® Clinical Message Manager).