Patient Vital Signs

You can document and manage a patient's vital signs.

You can add various vital signs for a patient during an encounter. The most recent value for each vital sign appears in the grid. A number appears adjacent to the vital sign to indicate the number of times a value is recorded for the vital sign. You can point to the number to view the values and the time when each value is recorded.

You can view only the vital sign records documented for the current day in the grid. To view the historical vital signs records, you can use the History link. To view the vital signs graphs you can turn on the Graph link.

If the vital sign interface is installed, you can use the Import and Refresh buttons to open the VitalSignsSpotMonitor interface. Based on the configuration done in the Vital Signs section on the Practice Configuration template, you can turn on the Import and Refresh buttons and manage the security groups for the alerts. For more information on these settings, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Practice Configuration Template User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine.

You can configure the range for the vital sign fields using the Vital Signs Configuration practice template. The Body Mass Index (BMI) of a patient is calculated using the height and weight values of the patient. BMI is not available for patients younger than two years. You can configure the normal BMI range and alerts. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Vital Signs Configuration Practice Template for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine.

You can manage the clinical quality measures and exclusions for quality reporting using the Vital Signs template. You can document an exclusion reason not related to quality reporting when you document the vital signs.

Based on the configuration done in the Pediatric Age section on the Practice Configuration template, different vital signs templates appear for adult patients, pediatric patients younger than two years, and older than two years.