Delivery Information

 

This subsection appears in the Ob Episode tab of the patient chart

 

 

What is an OB episode?

athenaOne refers to the clinical and billing time period of a patient's pregnancy as an OB episode; the OB episode is a mechanism to track OB enrollments and information about clinical outcomes. Enrollment, EDD, and delivery reports organize information captured in the OB episode. Once saved, OB episode information is available for reporting. You can report on three main items: enrollment, EDD, and deliveries.

 

OB episode and athenaClinicals

In the patient chart, click the Menu icon and select Start OB episode. To view and edit an existing OB episode, click Pregnancy Problems in the Problems tab of the patient chart.

Note: To help you care for your transgender and nonbinary patients, the Start OB episode option is available when the Assigned sex at birth field is set to any of these values: Female, Choose not to disclose, or Unknown.

 

After you create an OB episode, the patient banner displays the following information about the episode: gravidity and parity, duration of pregnancy expressed as "weeks.days," estimated date of delivery (EDD), and blood type.
Note: If your practice has different chart sharing groups, the OB episode information appears only when viewing the patient chart with the open OB episode.

 

The top section of the OB Episode tab is used to track initial information about the pregnancy and to estimate the patient's EDD. After the initial data is saved, the Prenatal Flowsheet section also appears in the OB Episode tab.

 

After this information is completed and the OB episode is closed, the Past Pregnancies section and Obstetric History section of the patient's chart are automatically updated according to the OB episode outcome.

 

Note: When a provider orders a RhoGam injection (using any order type that is considered RhoGam), an entry appears on the Results section of the patient's OB Episode tab indicating the date of the injection. This information also prints on the OB Episode form.

 

Delivery Information
Date	Date of delivery of termination or pregnancy.
Labor	Select the type of labor — None, Spontaneous, Induced, or Augmented.
Preterm Labor	Select Yes or No.
Anesthesia	Menu to indicate what, if any, anesthesia was used during labor and delivery. Options include General, Local, Regional, or None.
Delivered By	Select the name of the provider who delivered the baby from the menu. This provider name appears in closed OB episodes and on the fax and print versions of the episode. Note: The Delivered By menu displays the providers in your organization (listed on the Providers page). If a provider outside your practice delivered the baby, enter that information in the Comments field.
Delivery Site	Select the location (site) of the delivery. If not listed, enter the site in the Other field.
Incision Type	Select the incision type (if any).
Tubal Sterilization	Select Yes or No.
Discharge Date	Enter the date that the mother was discharged.
Weeks Gestation	The number of weeks gestation of the patient at the time of delivery.
Length of Labor	Length of labor in hours.
Postpartum Complications	Select any postpartum complications.
Comments	Enter any notes in this field. For example, if the baby was delivered outside your practice, you can enter information about the provider who delivered the baby in this field.
Sex	Sex of the baby (repeats for multiple gestation pregnancies).
Birth Weight	Birth weight of the baby in pounds and ounces (repeats for multiple gestation pregnancies).
Outcome	Outcome of the delivery (repeats for multiple gestation pregnancies).
First Name	The baby's first name.
Last Name	The baby's last name.
Race	The baby's race. Select a race from the menu, or select the Patient Declined option. To select more than one race, click the plus icon .
Ethnicity	Select an ethnic group from the menu, or select the Patient Declined option. To select more than one ethnicity, click the plus icon .
Admitted to NICU?	Select Yes or No.
Delivery Type	Select the type of delivery. The options in this menu are administered on the Delivery Types page.
Pediatrician	The name of the baby's pediatrician.
Pediatric Complications	Free text to indicate any pediatric complications.