This article describes how to customize the allergy panels on the Allergies administration page.
- Click Admin and then under EHR Setup, click Allergies.
Practice Default Settings
Practice Default Settings is a NextGen Office-supplied set of common allergens to be used throughout the EHR. This allergy panel can be customized by adding or removing allergens.
- Expand or collapse the practice default settings and provider custom settings by clicking the plus or minus icons, respectively.
- To edit the practice settings, click Edit.
Add Allergens
- Use the search field to look up an allergen.
- Double-click the desired result to add it to the panel.
- Click Save.
Remove Allergens
- Deselect unneeded allergens from the panel.
- Click Save.
Provider Custom Settings
Provider Custom Settings is the customized set of allergens for a specific provider(s). Each provider may have her own tailored set of allergens. When adding allergies to a patient's chart, this custom-defined allergy panel is displayed instead of the practice default.
- To create a new provider custom setting, select a provider from the drop-down menu and click Create.
- When a new provider custom setting is created, the allergy panel is copied from Practice Default Settings.
- The custom settings for each provider are not linked and, therefore, if you click Edit and edit the panel for a provider, the other providers' panels will not be affected.
- Likewise, if the practice default settings are edited after a provider custom setting is created, the provider panels will be unaffected.
- To expand a provider section, click the plus icon.
- To edit the selected provider's panel, click Edit.
- To remove the entire panel for the selected provider, click Remove.
