Additional Vital Signs Measurements

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EARLY ACCESS ONLY

You can now enter measurements for the following vital signs in a patient’s record:

  • Height
  • Weight
  • LDL cholesterol
  • HDL cholesterol
  • Total cholesterol
  • Triglycerides
  • High-sensitivity C-Reactive protein (hs-CRP)
  • Forced vital capacity (FVC)
  • Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)
  • FEV1/FVC ratio
  • Peak expiratory flow (PEF)

You can also now enter the date a specimen is collected.

To allow for these additional measurements, the dialog box where you enter or edit vital signs has been reorganized.

Before

In this dialog box, you could enter blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, blood glucose, and hemoglobin A1c.

Now

In this dialog box, the options are now provided on two tabs:

  • Core Health Metrics – For the existing options (blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, blood glucose, and hemoglobin A1c) and the new height and weight options.
  • Advanced Metrics – For the remaining new options (LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second, FEV1/FVC ratio, and peak expiratory flow).

On the Core Health Metrics tab, the following new options are available:

  • Height – The patient’s height (for “ft,” up to two digits; for “in,” up to two digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and one digit after the decimal). The units of measure are feet (ft) and inches (in). If you enter a value for “in,” a value for “ft” is required. If you enter a value for “ft,” a value for “in” is not required.
  • Weight – The patient’s weight (up to three digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and one digit after the decimal). The unit of measure is pounds (lbs).

On the Advanced Metrics tab, the following new options are available:

  • LDL Cholesterol – The low-density lipoprotein level in the patient’s blood (up to four digits). The unit of measure is milligrams per decaliter (mg/dL).
  • HDL Cholesterol – The high-density lipoprotein level in the patient’s blood (up to four digits). The unit of measure is milligrams per decaliter (mg/dL).
  • Total Cholesterol – The overall amount of cholesterol in the patient’s blood (up to four digits). The unit of measure is milligrams per decaliter (mg/dL).
  • Triglycerides – The triglyceride level in the patient’s blood (up to five digits). The unit of measure is milligrams per decaliter (mg/dL).
  • C-Reactive protein (hs-CRP) – The very low levels of the C-reactive protein in the patient’s blood (up to three digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and up to two digits after the decimal). The unit of measure is milligrams per liter (mg/L).
  • Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) – The total volume of air the patient can forcefully and completely blow out after taking the deepest breath possible (up to two digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and up to two digits after the decimal). The unit of measure is liters (L).
  • Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1) – The volume of air the patient can forcefully exhale in the first second of a single deep breath (up to two digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and up to two digits after the decimal). The unit of measure is liters (L).
  • FEV1/FVC Ratio – The percentage of the patient’s total lung capacity that he/she can forcefully exhale in just one second (up to two digits for the whole number, and optionally, a decimal point and up to two digits after the decimal). The unit of measure is a percentage (%).
  • Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) – The maximum speed at which the patient can exhale air from his/her lungs (up to four digits). The unit of measure is liters per minute (L/min).

Also, regardless of which tab is selected, the new Specimen collected option is available. If you know the date the specimen was collected, click in the box, and then select the date on the calendar that appears.

Finally, if you have entered any measurements on the Advanced Metrics tab, for that vital signs/readings entry in the patient’s record (in the Medical Alerts/Medications section of the patient’s Patient Information page), the number of values entered appears in the Advanced column.