ASC: Record Vitals

Important
The following describes an opt-in feature for practices that have ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). To enable this feature for your organization, contact your CSM. For more information, see ASC Setup: Enable ASC Features.

 

Before recording a patient's vitals, configure how vitals appear in the surgical case layout via the new Surgical Case Vitals & Measurements admin page.

 

You can record a patient's vitals in the Vitals and Measurements section of the Pre, Intra, and Post stages of the surgical case.

 

 

  • Claim Resolution/Clinicals: Access Healthcare Worker

  • Clinicals Admin

  • Clinicals Admin: Preconfiguration

  • Clinicals Admin: Vitals

  • Management - Clinicals

  • Superuser - Clinicals

 

 

With the Vitals and Measurements section, you can:

To toggle between the vitals recorded in the Pre, Intra, and Post stages

No matter which stage of the surgical case you're in, you can toggle between the vitals recorded in the Pre, Intra, and Post stages (for example, if you're in the Post stage of the surgical case, you can still view the vitals recorded in the Pre or Intra stages. If you're in the Intra stage, you can view vitals recorded in Pre and Post, etc.).

 

Click PRE, INTRA, or POST from the menu on the left side of the Vitals and Measurements section.

 

Note
Note how in the previous video clip, despite being in the Pre stage of the surgical case, you can view the vitals recorded in the Intra and Post stages.

 

Alternatively, you can click the header bar of another stage to view the vitals recorded for that stage.

athenaOne highlights the stage you're looking at via the blue header bar at the top of the Vitals and Measurements section.

This change allows you to compare a patient's vitals recorded at different stages. This is especially helpful in the Post stage, where you can monitor when a patient's vitals return (or come close) to the baseline vitals recorded in the Pre stage.

To reference a patient's baseline vitals

The baseline vitals (the patient's vitals when they were first assessed) remain sticky across the Vitals and Measurements section for you to reference as you scroll horizontally across their vitals. That way, you can always reference their baseline vitals no matter which stage you're viewing.

To add a patient's vitals

You can add a new set of vitals to any of the stages by clicking the add icon within its section, even if you've already completed the stage.

  1. In the Vitals and Measurements section of the Pre, Intra, or Post stage, click the add icon in the stage you want to add vitals for.

  2. Click the calendar icon to select today's date and click the clock icon to select the current time.
    Tip: Click into the time field and enter "N" on your keyboard to automatically input the current time.

    Note
    You must complete this step in order to unlock the rest of the fields.

  3. Record the vitals based on your customization:

    1. Note

    2. Height

    3. Weight

    4. Temperature

    5. Blood Pressure

    6. Respirations

    7. Pulse

    8. Pulse Quality

    9. EKG Rhythm

    10. 02 Saturation

    11. ETC02

    12. MAP

    13. Blood Glucose

    14. Pain Level

    15. LOC

    16. Aldrete

    17. Bleeding

    18. SC/CC

    19. Dressing

    20. Grip

    21. Inhaled 02 Concentration

    22. Edema

    23. Pupils

    24. Push Pull Feet

    25. Push Pull Hands

    26. Site Check

    27. Skin Color

    28. Skin Temperature

    29. Tongue

    30. VOD (Oculus Dexter)

    31. VOS (Oculus Sinister)

    32. VOU (Oculus Uterque)

    33. Intakes

    34. Outputs

  4. Click Save & Close.

Note

  • When you complete each step, your username and time stamp appears to the right under Last updated by.

  • If you want to add another set of vitals, click Add another set at the bottom of the window.

  • You can double-click any empty cell to add a new vital directly.

To add a note to a patient's vitals

Click into a cell in the Note row in any stage and enter up to 3,000 characters. To expand a cell to view the whole note, click the expand icon next to Note.