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The NextGen data grid is a great tool to use with in the templates. When use correctly, the can display a lot of data using very little space. I will make some time and finish this tutorials very soon - so stay tuned.
Labels | Edit Fields | Check Box | Data Sheet | Radio Buttons | Active Text | Active Images | Note Fields
Note fields are generally used when 1000 or more characters are expected to be typed into a single text field. In fact, at the NextGen User Group conference back in 2008, note fields were a big topic in several of the template development classes. Personally I avoid no fields at all cost because they are known to be able to crash the NextGen system if used improperly. Note fields are great for templates where dictation will be taking place such as HPI template.
Active Images are used in place of buttons, where you can create a custom image that describes the purpose of the button. For example, often you see within the NextGen templates a small image of a drop-down arrow box. When you click on that button, there is a trigger that says, "on click, go to field - fieldName" and you are then prompted with a drop-down or a picklist.
Labels | Edit Fields | Check Box | Data Sheet | Radio Buttons | Active Text | Active Images | Note Fields
Text is used primarily for navigation purposes. If you look on the left-hand side of most NextGen 7.9 and earlier KBM templates, the navigation is built with Active Text.
Labels | Edit Fields | Check Box | Data Sheet | Radio Buttons | Active Text | Active Images | Note Fields
To add a radio button to your template, click the radio button icon from the toolbar and drag it onto the template design area where you wish the radio button to be. From the Insert Radio Button dialog pop, decide whether this radio button set is already located on another NextGen template, or is unique to your template. If it's unique to your template, and give it a field name, then the caption which will be displayed next to the radio button itself, and then the value. With the radio button, the filming that you give it works a little different than what we are used to. Remember, with radio buttons they act as a group and not individually.
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Examples of the different styles:
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You can also choose whether you want this button to be hit in. I can't think of any reason why you want to hide a button that you just created but in good template development practice it's always a better idea to hide in item rather to delete it. So if you come upon a template that you're customizing and you come upon a button that you don't need any more, just hide it and move it off to the side. Just in case you need to undo your customizations it's a lot easier to unhide items rather than re-create them.
As I was doing my daily research on NextGen (Quality Systems, Inc.) and finding outs whats the latest in the news, I found an interested statement online about NextGen that makes me proud to support the product. Over at www.BusinessWire.com, and article called "NextGen Healthcare Responds to Proposed Rule on Meaningful Use of EHRS with Educational Resources for Medical Providers" dated January 11, 2010. it says:
For the past four years, I have been developing templates for NextGen clients all over the country. Template editing is a passion of mine; I've enjoyed learning the NextGen application and using the template editor to create templates that are being used by doctors today. NextGen has done a tremendous job giving their clients the power to improve and modify their current EMR environment, but developing NextGen templates can be a frustrating and time-consuming process. Once you understand all the features and functionality, and the way it communicates and works with the NextGen database, template development can become an art. It takes a deep understanding of programming fundamentals, user-interface design and intuition, and an understanding of the workflow of a medical facility to develop efficient and powerful EMR templates that can be easily used by office staff and medical providers. Template development is definitely not for everyone, a background in programming fundamentals (mainly, knowing when and how to use conditions, parameters, etc.) and SQL development is invaluable as the new working KBMs are released and more and more templates are dependent on stored procedures.
Labels | Edit Fields | Check Box | Data Sheet | Radio Buttons | Active Text | Active Images | Note Fields
Check Box
To add a Check Box to your template, select the Check Box button from the Fields toolbar and drag it onto the template design area where you wish it to be placed. Then from there you are given the Insert Check Box dialog pop up.
Labels | Edit Fields | Check Box | Data Sheet | Radio Buttons | Active Text | Active Images | Note Fields
The Edit Field
Next to the Label button, the Edit Field button is the most-used feature within the NextGen Template Editor. The Edit Field button is mainly for the user to enter data.
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