Documenting Administered Medications is a Breeze with MACROS

Benefit: Creating Administered Medications macros makes it easier to document multiple medications administered during a procedure, or multiple administrations of the same medication.   STEP 1 Access the Administered Medications user list from a service. . STEP 2 Right click on Macros and select New Macro. STEP 3 Enter the macro name, add the appropriate

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View Patient Balances Across ALL Business Units

Benefit: Sometimes it is necessary to take a comprehensive look at account balances across all business units for various reasons. In the event that the practice must take collections actions or create payment plans, you can easily view patient and insurance balances across all business units in a single view.   STEP 1 Access the

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Improve Patient Care by Automating Patient Education

Benefit: You can attach educational material to a specific order and configure it to automatically print or publish to the Patient Portal once the service is complete.     STEP 1 Scan or import the educational document into General Documents.  Be sure to click the checkbox to indicate that it is a Patient Education Document. STEP 2

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Florida Nonopioid Law – gGastro Workflow Suggestions

Benefit: Effective July 1, 2019, the state of Florida requires providers to inform their patients of available non-opioid alternatives for the treatment of pain before prescribing, ordering, dispensing or administering an opioid to their patients.   With this in mind, we have prepared some gGastro suggestions that may assist your practice in complying with this

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Configure a PIF per Service Type

Benefit: You can configure a Patient Interview Form (PIF) for specific visit types in order to default specific information, such as medical history, and ensure that pertinent information is not overlooked.   For example,  we can create a PIF for an IBD visit that already contains the relevant IBD diagnosis codes by default.    

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Prescribing Update – FL Nonopioid Law

Effective July 1, 2019, the state of Florida requires providers to inform their patients of available non-opioid alternatives for the treatment of pain before prescribing, ordering, dispensing or administering an opioid to their patients. Such alternatives may include: Non-opioid medicinal drugs or drug products, Interventional procedures or treatments, Acupuncture, Chiropractic treatments, Massage therapy, Physical therapy,

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Customize Findings and Interventions Descriptions

Benefit: Once you have documented a Finding or Intervention using the gGastro ribbon, the system will auto-populate the narrative from those details.  You can easily customize the finding or intervention description that appears in the note without modifying the billing codes that were generated.   STEP 1 Document the finding or intervention in the ribbon

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Avoid NDC Errors While Prescribing

Benefit: Regularly update your medications’ NDC codes to avoid errors while prescribing.   What is an NDC code? The National Drug Code, or NDC is a unique number that is a universal product identifier for human drugs in the United States. Each one is specifically tied to a specific drug, dosage, and mechanism of delivery.

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Search Patients by MRN with NO CLICKS!

Benefit: When accessing the Medical Charts Main Page to search for gGastro patients, the Name field is automatically activated.  However, if you are searching by the patient’s Medical Record Number (MRN), rather than the name, there are a few shortcuts that can cut out mouse clicks altogether!   STEP 1 Access the Medical Charts Main

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Estimate Patient Costs with gEstimator

gEstimator is a gPM feature intended to assist practices and patients better understand the expected cost of a service, before the service is provided. This feature works directly with the clearinghouse to obtain real-time patient eligibility for the specific procedure(s) that will be performed, for the specific service location and provider who performing the service.

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