Learn how to enter a patient’s history of vital signs taken in NextGen® Office along with the patient’s past vital signs.
Open Vital Signs
- In EHR Dashboard, open an Encounter.
- Select O > Vital Signs.
- Select Enter Vitals to enter any vital signs that have been taken. Note: Vitals for a specific encounter should be taken during the encounter.
- Enter information regarding blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and temperature. Select +More to enter a second reading.
- Select Provider or Practice to save the information for either the provider or the practice.
- Add/update Additional Information before saving.
- Select Save to save both Vital Signs and Additional Information.
- Optional: select Graph Vitals. Graphing the vitals will give the provider a graphical comparison of the various vitals documented at NextGen Office.
- Select Save to save both Vital Signs and Additional Information.
- Select the dates and vitals to be graphed.
- Select desired dates and select Growth Chart.
- Choose the growth chart according to the patient’s age.
- Select Generate Chart.
Last Update: 3/11/25
