Import Vital Signs from Interface to Vital Signs Monitoring Panel

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Update Pain Level in the Vital Signs Monitoring Panel

In the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, Click the Refresh button to import all the vital signs records captured by the interface. Highlight the vital signs record below the baseline vitals in the grid. Click Edit. Click Pain level and select the pain level from the list to associate with the selected vital signs record. Click Save & Close. The pain level updates in the grid and the Recorded by column displays the current user name. Note: You need to associate the pain level with each vital signs record imported from the interface. Parent topic: Import Vital Signs from Interface to Vital Signs Monitoring Panel

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Vital Signs Monitor

The Vital Signs Device section displays the following: The vital signs monitor name that is connected through COM port. The first time when you connect the device to your personal computer and launch the interface, you may need to click the drop-down arrow to select the device name. The system then makes the selected interface as the default when you subsequently launch the interface. The Monitoring Mode field displays Continuous to indicate that the vital signs need to be captured continuously for the specified timeframe. If you connect a different vital signs device, the Monitoring Mode field is available for selecting the monitoring mode. You can click the drop-down arrow to select the mode of monitoring the vital signs of the patient. The Patient Information section displays the following: The patient's information uploads from the patient chart that is open in the NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Field Description Name Displays patient name DOB Displays patient's date of birth Person Nbr

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Vital Signs Monitor

The nurse or medical assistant has to document patient's vitals every three or five minutes during a procedure. To enable the nurse to document the vitals and at the same time assist the provider in performing a procedure, the vital signs interface is used. The vital signs interface captures the patient's vital signs from the vital signs monitor or vital signs device throughout the procedure at specific intervals of time. The captured vital signs import from the interface into the grid in the Vital Signs Monitoring panel. For more information on the list of supported vital signs monitor, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Supported Equipment Interfaces Reference Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. For more information on various equipment interfaces with NextGen® Enterprise EHR, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Equipment Interfaces User Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR. Note: The vital signs interface is optional and must be i

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Vital Signs

The Vital Signs section enables you to configure the following: BMI Calculation - If you select the Manual BMI Calculation check box, the BMI of the patient calculates after you click Calculate on the Vital Signs template. Note: The Manual BMI Calculation setting can be used when your system performance is slow. On the Vital Signs template, you can click Calculate next to the BSA field if the BMI value does not automatically populate after entering the required vitals for the BMI calculation. Document Display - You can select any of the following options to determine the way you want to display the vital signs records and the user name on the generated document: All Vitals with Measured By once at end All Vitals with Measure By on each row All Vitals in a condensed view Vital signs records on the generated document VitalSignsSpotMonitor (vital sign interface) - If you select Show Import and Refresh buttons and enable trigger to launch VitalSignsMonitor.exe, Import and Refresh appear on

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Record the Pre-Procedure Vital Signs of the Patient

In the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, click Add. The Vital Sign Monitoring template opens. The Baseline Vital Signs section includes a grid to display only the baseline set of vitals documented in the Vital Signs Monitoring section in the template. In the Vital Signs Monitoring section, enter the required details. For more details, see the Enter the Vital Signs Monitoring Details. Click Save & Close to display the documented vital signs in the grid. The baseline vitals display at the top row of the grid throughout the workflow. The Height, Weight, BMI, and BSA above the grid displays the height, weight, and the calculated BMI and BSA values from the Vital Sign Monitoring template. The values associated with the Height, Weight, BMI and BSA labels above the grid dynamically update as you modify or add height and weight data on the Vital Sign Monitoring template. Vital Sign Monitoring To view the vital signs recorded on a particular procedure stage, click the Stage filter field above the g

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Manage ASC Vital Signs

You can continuously monitor the vital signs of a patient in the Vital Signs Monitoring panel on the Hysteroscopy - Procedure template. Open the Hysteroscopy - Procedure template. In the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, select Add. The ASC Vital Signs Monitoring template opens. ASC Vital Signs Monitoring template In the Vital Signs Monitoring section, do the following: Select the stage of monitoring. To indicate the vitals are a baseline reading, select the Baseline check box. The vital signs details are added to the Baseline Vital Signs grid. Enter the following details: Time Temp(F) Pulse Resp Sys BP Dias BP SpO2 CO2 (mmHg) ECG rate ECG rhythm Select the pain level and level of consciousness. Enter the details for bleeding severity and blood loss. To show who monitored the vital signs, select the Monitored by check box, and then select a user in the Monitored by field. To show the height and weight details at the top of the vital signs grid in the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, select th

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