Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Update the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

You can update the alert preferences for Length/Height, Weight, Head Circumference vital signs by modifying the values of age and percentile. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Vital Signs Configuration, and then select OK.The Vital Signs Configuration practice template opens. In the Length/Height grid, select the record and modify the age and percentile ranges. Modify the alert message, and select Update. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the remaining sections. Parent topic: Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Add the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

You can add the alert preferences for Weight, Length/Height, and Head Circumference vital signs based on age and percentile values. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Vital Signs Configuration, and then select OK.The Vital Signs Configuration practice template opens. In the Length/Height section, select the age and percentile ranges. Enter the alert message, and select Add. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the remaining sections. Parent topic: Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

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Update Blood Pressure Alert Preferences

Open the Vital Signs Configuration template. Expand the Adult/Pediatric Alerts panel. To filter the records in the Blood Pressure grid, enter the Age From and Age To fields and then click Search. In the Blood Pressure grid, double-click a row that holds the alert to be modified. The Blood Pressure Alerts template opens. Blood Pressure Alerts Select the patient's sex. To enable entering the height percentile, the BP percentile, and the diastolic alert, select the Add Ht. Percentile and BP Percentile check box. The BP Alert field changes to Systolic Alert alert. For pediatric patients, the system automatically fills Ht Percentile, BP Percentile, and Systolic Alert fields. For adult and pediatric patients, you can manually enter or edit the fields. To modify the age range of the patients you want to set the alert for, enter or update From and To fields. To modify the systolic and diastolic ranges, enter or update the respective From and To fields. To set systolic, diastolic, or BP alert m

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Update Adult and Pediatric BMI Preferences

You can configure the Body Mass Index (BMI) alert preferences for all vital signs in the BMI section. Access the Vital Signs Configuration template. Expand the Adult/Pediatric Alerts panel. In the BMI grid, double-click the row that holds the alert to be modified. The Adult/Pediatric BMI Alerts template opens. Adult/Pediatric BMI Alerts Update the lower and upper age limits in the Age From and To fields, respectively. Click the BMI Unit field to select either Percentile or Value. Note: BMI unit is set to Percentile by default and the Percentile From and To fields are available to set those parameters. If you select Value in the BMI Unit field, the system automatically displays the Value From and To fields. If the patient is 20 years or older, only Value can be selected from the BMI Unit field. If you select Percentile from the BMI Unit field for a 20-year-old or above patient, an alert message appears. To update the lower and upper limit, do one of the following: If you have selected P

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Update the Respiratory Rate Alert Preferences

You can update the respiratory rate alert preferences for pediatric vital signs in the Respiratory Rate section. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Vital Signs Configuration, and then select OK.The Vital Signs Configuration practice template opens. In the Respiratory Rate grid, double-click the row to modify.The Pediatric Respiratory Rate Alerts template opens. Pediatric Respiratory Rate Alerts window to update an alert depending on the age Select the age range and the lower and upper limits of the respiratory rate for the patient. In the Alert , enter the updated message. Note: NextGen Healthcare recommends limiting the alert message to 35 characters. Optional: Select the icon to update other alert preferences. Select Save and then select Close. Parent topic: Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

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Update the Fever Alert Preferences

You can update the alert preferences for fever data in pediatric vital signs in the Fever section. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From File, select System \ Practice Template. The Select Template window opens. On the Practice tab, select the All option. Select Vital Signs Configuration, and then select OK.The Vital Signs Configuration practice template opens. In the Fever grid, double-click the row to modify.The Pediatric Fever Alert template opens. Pediatric Fever Alert window to update an alert depending on the age Select the age range and fever temperature for the patient.In runtime, if the temperature provided by a user is greater than the temperature entered in the Temperature field, an alert appears. In the Alert , enter the updated message. Note: NextGen Healthcare recommends limiting the alert message to 35 characters. Optional: Select the icon to update other alert preferences. Select Save and then select Close. Parent topic: Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

Manage Pediatric Vital Signs Preferences

Recommendations

Update the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

Add the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

Update Blood Pressure Alert Preferences

Update Adult and Pediatric BMI Preferences

Update the Respiratory Rate Alert Preferences

Update the Fever Alert Preferences

Update the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

Add the Length, Height, Weight, and Head Circumference Related Alert Preferences

Update Blood Pressure Alert Preferences

Update Adult and Pediatric BMI Preferences

Update the Respiratory Rate Alert Preferences

Update the Fever Alert Preferences