The NextPen digital pen captures patient data directly from paper into an EHR, eliminating the need to scan forms or pay for transcriptions. Users can create and print their own forms on normal copy paper, and then the pen records everything written on them by a patient or physician during his/her normal workflow. Through a simple USB docking station or Bluetooth connection, the data is automatically and securely populated into NextGen Ambulatory EHR, converting patient information, notes, diagnoses, prescriptions, test requisitions and more into digital records that can be viewed and verified instantly.