Integrated Assessments: Height and Weight Logs

Record the patient's Height and Weight under the Doctor's Orders tab, Med Log tab, and/or any evaluation form with patient.height_weight field.

Not seeing Height/Weight as an option? Check out this article on configuring integrated assessments. 

Required Roles: Integrated Assessments can only be logged by Super Admins, Record Admins, Doctors, Nurses, and Techs.

Doctor's Orders

The Doctor's Orders tab on the Patient Chart allows you natively record height/weight. The name of this tab can be customized per organization, so this is the tab setup as Orders in the Patient Processes settings.

Let's review how to log height/weight:

1. From the patient chart, open the Doctor's Orders tab.
2. The top of the page allows a quick snapshot of the patient's integrated assessments.
3. Click the + icon next to Height & Weight.
4. Complete the entry. You can leave any of the fields blank if you do not have all the data available. You can add heights up to 7'11". There is no weight limit.
   
5. The system will calculate BMI and TBW % if the data is present. Target Body Weight must be enabled in your Instance settings to be available here, and you must have the Manage Target Body Weight user role enabled otherwise you will be able to view the field but not modify it.
6. Click Submit.
7. The section updates to display the recently logged information.
8. Click on the History (clock) icon to view a full list of the patient's past vitals entries.
9. From this pop-up, you can view the vitals log details including who logged the result and when.
10. Super Admin can delete logs created by mistake. The logs will be hidden but still available under Show Deleted button.

Med Log

The Med Log tab (often called MARs or MORs) on the Patient Chart allows you natively record height/weight entries, just like the Doctor's Orders tab. The name of this tab can be customized per organization, so this is the tab setup as MARs in the Patient Processes settings.

Please review the steps above to add an entry.

Evaluation

Vitals can also be documented in any Evaluation form where the patient.height_weight field is included. You will also be able to view the patient's documented height/weight history. Click here for more information on editing Evaluation Templates.  

From the Evaluation, document the patient's height and weight in the available fields. 

You can click the Hx button to view the patient's past height and weight history. Alternatively—if the patient.height_weight_current field is added to the evaluation—the patient's most recent vitals stats will automatically display. 

Report on Vital Signs

The History Report allows users to get historical data for patient height and weight across the board.