Viewing Vital Signs

1. Click the Patient Hx icon in the top left of the ExamWRITER chart window or select a patient in the ExamWRITER Control Center window and click the Patient Hx icon.

   The Patient Information Center window opens.

2. Click the Vital Signs tab.
3. Click the Enter Hx buttons to record historical blood pressure/pulse, height, and weight vital signs. For information on recording these elements, go to Recording and Modifying Vital Signs .

   • You cannot record blood pressure and pulse observations after clicking the Enter Hx buttons on the Vital Signs tab. To record observations for these vital signs, you must be in the patient’s exam record.

   • To delete a vital sign value, right-click on it and click Yes. If you delete historical vital signs from the Patient Information Center, they will also be deleted in final exams.

4. Click the Show Graph buttons to view blood pressure/pulse, height, weight, and temperature graphs.

   • The blood pressure/pulse graph is the default graph that is displayed.

   • Click the Copy to clipboard icon to copy the vital sign graph displayed to the clipboard and paste it into another document; click the Print Preview icon to preview the printed version of the graph; and click the Print icon to print the graph.

5. Click Exit to close the Patient Information Center window.

In addition to the procedure above, watch this video.