Vital Signs charting on iPad App and Web Platform

Information about each area of the Vital Signs charting section

Jump to: 

• Overview
• Heart Rate & Blood Pressure
• Respiratory Rate
• SpO2
• Body Weight, Height & BMI (Body Mass Index)
• Temperature

An Overview on each platform

• Both the iPad EHR for TCM App used for charting and the Web Platform have a section available to use for charting the patient's vital signs.  

The web platform looks like this:

The iPad charting looks like this:

Heart Rate & Blood Pressure

• The heart rate is measured and recorded in beats per minute.  You can use 
  the Pulse > Biomed Pulse section of the charting app to record the heart rate by tapping on the screen in time to the patient's pulse, or you may enter it manually in the Vital Signs section. 
• The Blood Pressure or Heart Rate saved in the Pulse section of the app will also be saved in the Vital Signs section of the app. 

Respiratory Rate

• Respirations are recorded as respirations per minute and can only be entered manually in the Vital Signs section.

Sp02

• You are able to enter the Sp02 field by clicking into the Vital Signs section of the SOAP note. Then, enter the Sp02 level.  This is measurable by a pulse oximeter.  It can only be entered manually in the Vital Signs section.

Body Weight, Height and BMI

• The  Body Mass Index (BMI) field will automatically populate after you enter the patient's weight and height, using the formula weight(lbs)/square height (inches). Both the height and weight fields for the patient must be entered in order for the BMI field to populate. If either field is missing the BMI field will be left blank. 
• It can only be entered manually in the Vital Signs section.

( Example on Web Platform)

( Example on iPad App)

Temperature

• Temperature is recorded in degrees Fahrenheit
• It can only be entered manually in the Vital Signs section.