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title: NextGen Office New Patient Registration
description: NextGen Office Personalized provider web pages are a great way to build the practice and market it to potential patients
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# [NextGen Office New Patient Registration](https://blog.metropm.com/nextgen-office-new-patient-registration)

 Written by [admin](https://blog.metropm.com/author/admin) | Aug 16, 2022 3:28:13 PM

### [NextGen Office](https://metropm.com/nexgen-office-meditouch/) New Self Patient Registration

**Administration: New Patient Self Registration and Scheduling**

Personalized provider web pages are a great way to build the practice and market it to potential patients. Use the **New Patient Self Registration and Scheduling** feature to create a provider page with an online schedule and have it published and hosted by the YourHealthFile Patient Portal. New patients can use this web page to self-register for the practice and schedule their first appointment without ever calling the office. Each practice provider can create a page and customize its content using the easy-to-use graphical template.

- Create a provider page perlocation and calendar resource (provider).
- Provider pages are mobile-friendly. Patients can open the pages on a mobile device.

Provider pages include the following fields and headings:

- Practice name and specialty
- Calendar of available appointment times
- Practice information
- Location address and map
- Testimonials (optional)
- Accepted payers and plans (optional) 

#### Embed Provider Page URL within the Practice's Website 

Work with your website developer to add these URLs within the website so that a patient can open the provider's web page.

#### Requirements

- **New Patient Self Registration and Scheduling** is a premium Patient Portal feature. Contact your Sales representative to subscribe.
- Enable **Advanced Appointment Features** in **Administration: Enable and Disable Features**.
- Set up calendars to appear on the Patient Portal in **Administration: Portal Calendar Management**.
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#### Open **Administration: New Patient Self Registration and Scheduling**

1. In PM, click **Admin**.
2. Below **Premium Portal Management**, click **New Patient Self Registration and Scheduling**.

### Provider Page List

| **Status** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Active | Published pages show a URL in the **Provider Page URL** column. Embed this link within your practice's website. |
| In Progress | Pages not yet published (saved as draft) |
| Archived | Archived pages |

 

 

### Create a New Page

Select the **Location**, **Calendar**, and **Provider** to pre-populate the **Provider Name**, **Office Address**, **Page Title**, and **Specialty**.

1. Click **Create a New Page**.
2. Select the **Location**, **Calendar**, and **Provider**.

- **Location:**The address pre-populates next to **Provider Name**. The address and phone number pre-populates the **Office Address** The location's city pre-populates in the **Page Title** field along with the first text field within the **Specialties** heading, only if both are filled.
- **Calendar:**Preselects a matching provider if one exists. The calendar schedule appears within the published page.
- **Provider:**Pre-populates the **Provider Name** and **Specialties** The provider's name and the address pre-populates within the **Our Office** subheading.

1. Review the pre-populated fields and headings, and edit as necessary.

 

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#### Upload Provider Photo

**Supported file formats:** PNG, JPG

Photo height and width are cropped at 160 px. Uploading a new photo overwrites the existing photo.

1. Click the photo upload box.
2. Click **Browse Files** to select an image file to upload.
3. Use the cropping tool to capture the provider's face. 
4. Click **Save**.

#### Benefits of

Type the description of the provider's specialty.

#### Insurance Accepted (Optional)

1. Select one of the **Insurance Accepted** options. 

- **Display accepted insurance:**Selected by default. If you keep this option, click **Edit the list of insurance and plans** to open the **Insurance Accepted - Payers and Plans**
- **Display accepted insurance and plans:** Opens the **Insurance Accepted - Payers and Plans** 
- **Do not display insurance or plans:** No insurance payers or plans will appear on the provider page.

1. Select the insurance payers or payers and plans.
2. Click **Close**.

 

 

#### Testimonials (Optional)

Type the testimonials that you have received from patients.

 

 

#### Save as Draft, Preview, or Publish

Click one of the following options:

- **Save as Draft: **Save the page as a draft or publish this page at another time.
- **Preview: **Open a page preview without publishing. To publish the page from the preview, click **Edit** to exit the preview and click **Publish**.
- **Publish: **Publish the page. 

 

### Overview of Fields and Headings

 

| **Field/Heading** | **Content Derives from** | **Description** | **Editable** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provider Name | Administration: Provider Maintenance | Pre-populated by the **Provider** menu selection. Sets the provider name under the **Our Office** subheading. | Yes |
| Address next to Provider Name | Administration: Locations | Pre-populated by the **Location** menu selection. | No |
| Page Title | Administration: Locations and Taxonomy in Administration: Provider Maintenance | A combination of multiple items pre-populates in this field: - **Location** menu selection - First text field within the **Specialties** heading - The word "Doctor" - Page Title = Location + Specialty + "Doctor" Sets the subtitle below the provider name under the **Our Office** subheading. | Yes |
| Practice Name | Practice in context | The practice in context pre-populates this field. | Yes |
| Photo upload | Manually uploaded | The provider's photo appears on the provider page. The image is cropped and sized at 160 px width and height. | Yes |
| Specialties | Taxonomy in Administration: Provider Maintenance | Entering data in this field initiates the following actions: - One or more fields pre-populated by the specialty/specialties associated with the selected provider. - Pre-populates the **Page Title** field with the data of the first specialty field along with the data of the **Location** menu selection, only if both are filled. - Pre-populates the data in the **Benefits of** field with the data of the first specialty field. - Benefits of + Specialty | Yes |
| Benefits of | Taxonomy from **Administration: Provider Maintenance** is filled in after "Benefits of." Description is manually entered. | Explain the value of the provider’s specialty to market the provider to new patients and describe the provider’s specialty in detail. - The title is pre-populated with the data entered in the first specialty field. |   |
| Our Office | Administration: Locations | The **Provider** menu selection pre-populates the provider's name and the address within the **Our Office** subheading. | No |
| Insurance Accepted (optional) | Manually selected | The practice's accepted insurance payers or plans appear on the provider page. | Yes |
| Testimonials (optional) | Manually entered | Testimonials that you have received from patients. | Yes |

 

 

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