Enter patient vital signs

You can enter the patient's vital signs – weight, and temperature, pulse, and respiration rate (TPR) either through a new or draft consultation, on the Vitals tab on the patient’s record, or through the patient quicklist.

When you enter a patient’s vital signs through a new or draft consultation, the vital signs can be viewed on:

• the consultation
• the Vitals tab

Note: The patient weight can also be viewed on the patient quicklist

The default weight unit - imperial (lbs) or metric (kg) - is determined by what your practice selected when you signed up for Neo. As needed, you can select a different weight unit upon entering a patient weight.

All vital signs are optional fields to provide you with flexibility when recording patient information.

You can also edit the patient’s vital signs from the Vitals tab if you need to correct the recorded information, including the date entered.

Enter patient vital signs from a consultation:

1. Search for and select the patient.
2. To start a new consultation, click Create Consultation.
   OR
   To use an existing draft consultation, click the Consults tab, and click the consultation ID to open the draft consultation for editing.
3. Enter the patient vital signs, as needed:
   • Weight - Enter the weight in the Weight box up to 4 decimals. Then review or update the weight units, as needed
   • Temp - Enter the temperature in the Temp box up to 1 decimal.
   • Pulse - Enter the pulse in the Pulse box as a whole number.
   • Resp - Enter the respiration rate in the Resp box as a whole number.
4. Update the consultation, as needed.
5. Click Save.

Note: As they are recorded, vital signs will display on the Vitals tab; the weight will also display in the patient quicklist. Vital signs can be edited:

• from the consultation until the consultation notes have been locked by a user. 
• from the Vitals tab at any time. See Enter or update patient vital signs from the Vitals tab below to learn how.

Enter, update, or view patient vital signs from the Vitals tab:

1. Search for and select the patient.
2. Click the Vitals tab.
3. Click +Add Vitals.
4. Review or update the date, as needed.
5. Enter the patient vital signs, as needed:
   • Weight - Enter the weight in the Weight box up to 4 decimals. Then review or update the weight units, as needed.
   • Temp - Enter the temperature in the Temp box up to 1 decimal.
   • Pulse - Enter the pulse in the Pulse box as a whole number.
   • Resp - Enter the respiration rate in the Resp box as a whole number.
6. Click the green check to save. Vitals signs entered are saved to the patient's Vitals tab.
   Or click the red X to cancel.
7. Voided vital signs (from a voided consultation) can be viewed when you select the Include Voided checkbox.
   • Voids are identified by a red flag in the upper-left corner of the vitals sign row.
   • You can use your mouse to hover over the red flag to quickly view the void reason.

Enter patient vital signs from the patient quicklist:

1. In the patient quicklist, click the patient's previous weight. The patient record opens to the Vitals tab.
2. Click +Add Vitals.
3. Review or update the date, as needed.
4. Enter the patient vital signs, as needed:
   • Weight - Enter the weight in the Weight box up to 4 decimals. Then review or update the weight units, as needed.
   • Temp - Enter the temperature in the Temp box up to 1 decimal.
   • Pulse - Enter the pulse in the Pulse box as a whole number.
   • Resp - Enter the respiration rate in the Resp box as a whole number.
5. Click the green check to save. Vitals signs entered are recorded to the patient's history.
   Or click the red X to cancel.

For vital signs entered through a consultation, the consultation ID where the weight was entered will display as a clickable link under the date on the Vitals tab. Click the consultation ID to view the consultation.