PAQ Icons

Icon	Description
	Indicates a NextGen® Enterprise Document item.
	Indicates a NextGen® Enterprise Image item.
	Indicates a Note item.
	Indicates a NextGen Document Management item.
	Indicates an Orders item.
	Indicates a high-priority clinical task. For example, if you select a test order in the Orders module and add result information to it when you save the order, it is marked high priority in the Workflow module. You can select the task to notify the provider (or other appropriate clinical staff) that the results for the test have been received.
	Indicates a Reports item.
	Indicates an HIE Document item.
	Indicates an item not ready for provider sign off.

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

PAQ Items

For items in the PAQ, you can perform: View items not ready for sign-off. Accept an item and sign-off on it with or without actions. Assign other users to sign off the document. Add comments. Reject an item. Reassign an item. Create a task for an item. Send documents to NextGen® PxP Portal. Place the patient on a recall list that is automatically sent to NextGen® Enterprise PM. View Items Not Ready for Sign Off Procedure to view items not ready for sign off. Open a Patient's Chart for a Selected PAQ Item Procedure to open a patient's chart for a selected PAQ item. PAQ Items Linked to Lab or Radiology Orders Document Signoff by Multiple Users Sign off PAQ Items without other Actions You can sign off pending PAQ items without performing other actions. Sign off PAQ Items with Actions You can sign off pending PAQ items with other actions. View Provider Signoff Details from Encounter History Procedure to view provider signoff details and comments on the Encounter History tab. Reject a PAQ I

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PAQ Tabs

The PAQ contains the following tabs. Pending Lists the items for which approval by the selected provider is pending. Rejected List the items rejected by the selected provider. History Lists the items accepted, rejected, and reassigned by the selected provider. You can select an item on any tab to view the details of the item. If you have the view items across practices preference set up, you can use the Practice list to view the items from a particular practice. You can also select the type of items to view in the Items list. Note: You can select or clear all the item selections using the Select All check box on the PAQ tabs. The selection of items filter on the Pending or Rejected tab is retained for the other tab but you must make a separate selection of items for the History tab. If at least one item is not selected in the Items list, the Select All check box gets cleared. The last selected items filter is retained on all the PAQ tabs. Mark PAQ items as Read or Unread in the Pending

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PAQ Hot Keys

The hot keys for the Provider Approval Queue tab are: Action Hot Key Description Accept Item Alt + A Accepts the selected item Reject Item Alt + R Rejects the selected item Reassign Item Alt + E Opens the Select a Provider window to assign the item to a different Provider New Task Alt +T Creates a new clinical task from the contents of the selected item Chart Alt + H Opens the patient's chart associated with the selected item Full Screen Alt + F Toggles Full Screen Mode for the selected item Sign off with Actions Alt + W Signs off the document and runs selected actions Parent topic: Provider Approval Queue

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Provider Approval Queue

To use the PAQ, you must enable it first and set up the provider assignment and relationship, required signoff items, and operations rights in the System Administrator application. As a provider or delegate, you can access the PAQ from the Workflow module. Note: A patient Inclusion or Exclusion List may restrict your access to PAQ items. If you are a workflow delegate for another user or provider, you may not be able to access the same PAQ items as that person. If you do not have access to a patient, the Restricted message appears under the Patient and Description columns. For more information on Inclusion and Exclusion List viewing restrictions, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the following documents. System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise Patient Demographics Guide forNextGen®Enterprise Orders Module User Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR The number of items in the PAQ appears in parentheses on the Provider Approval Queue tab. An exclamation point ind

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PAQ Item Icons in the Encounter History and Categories

The PAQ items display the status indicator icons followed by the item name and date on the Encounter History and Categories tabs. The icon indicates the PAQ pending item. The indicates the PAQ rejected item. The indicates the PAQ approved item. For more information, you can view the Current Sign-off Status, Rendering Provider, Reassigned Provider, and Sign-off Comments in the Provider Signoff Details window for the selected item, if applicable. Parent topic: PAQ Icons

NextGen® Mobile Help

Overview of the Provider Approval Queue

You can use the Provider Approval Queue (PAQ) in NextGen® Mobile to review and resolve PAQ items received from NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You can view PAQ items by selecting PAQ on the Hub view or from the job list. You can sort the list to switch between newest or oldest items. You can use the PAQ filters to view the required items. Note: The PAQ window is available only if the PAQ is configured for the clinic’s NextGen® Enterprise EHR. NextGen® Mobile supports the following PAQ items: Lab orders NextGen® Enterprise EHR documents Images NextGen® Document Management scanned items SAP® Crystal Reports® You can view a PAQ item, and do the following: Sign off on the item Open the patient chart from the item Reject or reassign the item Add a note to the item Create tasks for yourself or other users from the item Note: You cannot create tasks for reports created with SAP® Crystal Reports®software. Sign off on the item with one or more of the following actions: Open the patient chart after sig

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Provider Approval Queue

PAQ Item Icons in the Encounter History and Categories

Overview of the Provider Approval Queue

PAQ Icons

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PAQ Tabs

PAQ Hot Keys

Provider Approval Queue

PAQ Item Icons in the Encounter History and Categories

Overview of the Provider Approval Queue