Patient Vital Record

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View Patient Vital Signs

You can view a quick record of the patient's vital signs in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and select a patient from the Patient Lookup window. To view a quick list of the patient's recorded vital signs, on the Quick Buttons panel, hover over Vital Signs. If no vital signs are recorded for the patient, a message appears stating that no vital signs records are found. The Vital Signs table appears based on patient's current age displaying the most recent sets of vital signs that are recorded for the patient in reverse chronological order. Note: Abnormal values are denoted by red-colored text and the indicator. To open the Vital Sign History window, which displays separate grids for the patient's vital signs and orthostatic vital signs, on the Quick Buttons panel, select Vital Signs. Patient Vital Record You can view a list of a patient's vital signs records. Parent topic: Quick Buttons for Patient Medical Summary Information

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Document the Pediatric Patient's Historical Vital Signs

You can document the historical vital signs of a pediatric patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter. On Top Toolbar, select Templates . The Select Template window opens. Open the Intake template. Document the patient's recorded historical vital signs. In Weight measurement, document the patient's weight in the lb and kg fields within the 4.409 – 1543.3 lb or 2.00 – 699.99 kg range. Note: A message appears if the value entered is not within the range. In Blood Pressure and pulse, document the patient's Systolic and Diastolic readings within the 0 – 399 range, and then document the patient's pulse rate within the 10 – 499 range. Note: A message appears if the value entered is not within the range. Click Measured date, and then select the corresponding historical date. To enter the time details, click Time, and then select the corresponding historical time. Click Save, and then click Close. The historical vital signs record appears in the

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8

Document Historical Vital Signs

You can document the historical vital signs for a patient. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter. On Top Toolbar, select Templates . The Select Template window opens. Open the Intake template. Expand the Vital Signs panel and select Add. The age-specific vital signs template opens. Document the patient's recorded historical vital signs. In Weight measurement, document the patient's weight in the lb and kg fields within the 4.409 – 1543.3 lb or 2.00 – 699.99 kg range. Note: An alert message appears if the value entered is not within the range. In Blood Pressure and pulse, document the patient's Systolic and Diastolic readings within the 0 – 399 range, and then document the patient's pulse rate within the 10 – 499 range. Note: An alert message appears if the value entered is not within the range. Select Measured date, and select the corresponding historical date. To enter the time details, select Time, and select the corresponding historical ti

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Document the Patient's Height

You can document the height of a patient in inches or in feet using the Vital Signs template. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter. On Top Toolbar, select Templates . The Select Template window opens. Open the Intake template. Expand the Vital Signs panel. Select Add. The age-specific vital signs template opens. In Height/length measurements, do one of the following: To enter the current day's data, fill the ft, in, or cm fields within the 1 – 9.99 ft, 12 – 119.88 in, or 30.48 – 304.49 cm range, respectively. To enter previously documented data, select the Carried forward option. If you enter the height in either the ft, cm, or in field, the NextGen® Enterprise EHR fills values in the other fields automatically. Note: A message appears if the value entered is not within the range. Adult Vital Sign Indicate the position of the patient when the height is measured. To enter the date when the patient's height is measured, select a date in Last M

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Vital Signs

You can add, edit or remove vital signs for a patient using the Vital Signs panel. In the Vital Signs panel you can view vital signs documented during this encounter. You can edit ot remove previously entered vital signs and enter new vital signs. The Vital Signs panel is also available on other office visit templates. The Historical information entered this encounter link opens the Vital Signs History template filtered to display only vital signs documented with patient's encounter. Using the History link, you can review the patient’s entire vital signs history on the Vital Signs History template. Using the Graphs link, you can view vital signs in graphical format on the age-appropriate VS Charts template. Vital Signs The vital signs templates are based on age. The age-appropriate template opens depending on whether the patient is less than two years old, equal to or greater than two years old, or an adult. The adult age is configured in the Pediatric Age section of the Practice Confi

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Add Vital Signs of Pediatric Patients

You can document the vital signs of a pediatric patient on the Pediatric Vital Signs template. The template displays the weight for an age per length and sex-specific percentile value for patients who are younger than three years, based on their weight and height. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open a patient's record, and then open an encounter. On Top Toolbar, click Templates to open the Select Template window, and then select the Intake template. In the Vital Signs panel, click Add. The Pediatric [Age] Vital Signs template opens. In the Height/length measurements section, do one of the following: To use data from a previous encounter, select Carried forward . To enter data from today's encounter, select a position and then enter the height, and then select Measured today. Note: If the value entered is not within the range, a message appears to indicate that the value entered is out of range. In the Weight measurement section, select whether the patient is dressed with or without shoe

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