Improving NextGen EHR Template Readability Part II
Welcome to our new series dedicated to helping NextGen users get the most from their templates and documents. We will be posting quick tips on a regular basis so please keep coming back weekly or like our Facebook page.
Have you ever had a document summary macro that you wished would not wrap at odd places (original NextGen high edit documents, not Tx Text)? You can force information to be printed on different lines when you create the document text field in a template and you embed the format statement wherever you wish to have the new line occur.
Example:
Trigger 1:
Assign field value
{FORMAT({0}{n}{1},{template_.txt_concatenation} , “Procedure:”+” “+{template_.txt_biopsy})}
Trigger 2:
Assign field value
template_.txt_concatenation = {template_.txt_concatenation} +” “ + “Lesion size:” + {template_.txt_diameter} +” “ + “cm”
Trigger 3:
Assign field value
{FORMAT({0}{n}{1},{template_.txt_concatenation} , “Indication for procedure today:”+” “+{template_.indication})}
Trigger 4:
Assign field value
{FORMAT({0}{n}{1},{template_.txt_concatenation} , “Local anesthesia:”+” “+{template_.anesthesia} + “ “ + {template_.amount} + “ “ + “cc”)}
The document summary macro will print like this:
Procedure: Biopsy Lesion size: .5 cm
Indication for procedure today: painful
Local anesthesia: Lidocaine 5 cc
and not like this:
Procedure: Biopsy Lesion size: .5 cm Indication for procedure today: painful Local anesthesia: Lidocaine 5 cc
In our experience our clients love the new readability. Has anyone had similar experiences with summary macros? Next week we will talk about the NextGen Healthcare KBM upgrade process and why we think it’s very important to stay on the KBM path.