Vital Signs Monitor

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Vital Signs Monitoring on the ASC - Preprocedure Template

The Vital Signs Monitoring panel displays the patient's vitals documented by the Intake staff on the ASC - Intake template. For information on the Vital Signs Monitoring panel documentation, see Vital Signs Monitoring Panel on the ASC - Intake Template. The nurse or clinical staff can review the vitals and document another set of patient's vitals during pre-procedure. Note: If the Intake staff documents the baseline set of vitals, then you cannot select the Baseline check box. The baseline set of vitals forms a baseline for all the vitals taken during various stages of procedures. If you have vital signs interface installed in your system, then you can directly import patient's vitals from the vital signs device to the grid in the Vital Signs Monitoring panel. Vital Signs Monitor Parent topic: ASC - Preprocedure Template

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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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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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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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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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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

Vital Signs Monitor

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