Vital Signs

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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. Vital Signs Section 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 enable 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 Ne

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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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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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Documenting Vital Signs

You can document and update a patient's vital signs on the Vital Signs template. You can edit or remove a vital signs record from the Vital Signs grid. The vital signs template names vary based on a patient's age. For an adult patient, the template name is Adult Vital Signs. If a patient is younger than two years, the template name is Pediatric Under 2 Years Vital Signs. If a patient is two years or older, the template name is Pediatric Over 2 Years Vital Signs. You can change a pediatric patient's age to an adult age on the Practice Configuration template. A patient's height and weight fields are used to calculate their Blood Mass Index (BMI). BMI is not available for patients who are younger than two years. You can configure the normal vital signs range. If a patient's vital signs are outside the normal range, a message appears. For more information on how to configure adult vital signs alerts, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Vital Signs Configuration Pra

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Document Vital Signs

You can document vital signs for the patient on the Vital Signs Lite template. Note: To document numeric values for height, weight, temperature, pulse, and respiration quickly, enter the values using the number pad. Click Next to move to the next field. Click Add below the Vital Signs grid. The Vital Signs Lite template opens. To document unobtainable vital signs, select one of the following check boxes, and then select the vital signs that were not obtained from the list. Unobtainable Patient Refused By default, the Measured date and Time fields display the current system date and time. Click the Time field to select a value to enter vitals measured at an earlier time.By default, the current user information appears in the Measured by field and cannot be changed. To enter Height, do the following: Record the height in the ft and in fields or in the cm field. The Last measured field displays the current system date when you enter height information. The value for height is carried forw

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Import Vital Signs from Interface to Vital Signs Monitoring Panel

In the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, click Interface Vitals. The Vital Signs Monitor window opens. Vital Signs Monitor Click Interval (minute) and select the appropriate monitoring interval from the list. Click COM Port and select the COM port the vital sign device is connected to. Click Start Monitor. The interface starts capturing the patient's vital signs from the device every number of minutes specified in the Interval (minute) field, and displays in the Captured Data grid. Minimize the Vital Signs Monitor interface. In the Vital Signs Monitoring panel, click Refresh. The vital signs import from the Vital Signs Monitor interface into the grid. The Recorded by column in the grid displays the value Interface. Maximize the Vital Signs Monitor interface. After you complete the procedure, click the Stop Monitor button to stop capturing the vital signs from the device. Close the Vital Signs Monitor interface. Update Vital Score in the Vital Signs Monitoring panel. Update Pain Level in th

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