Getting Started with Vitals The Vitals application is designed to collect the vital signs and measurements that are associated with a patient's hospital stay or outpatient clinic visit, and store the data in the patient's electronic medical record. Data can be accessed by several VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) applications that interface with the Vitals/Measurements application, such as CPRS, Health Summary, and Pharmacy. The Vitals module is used to enter vitals data, create user templates, view allergies, mark incorrect vitals as entered in error, and edit user preferences for data display on the vitals data table. The Vitals module also allows users to print several different Vitals reports. To open the Vitals application:
  1. Double-click the Vitals icon on your desktop to open the VistA sign-on window, or select Vitals from the CPRS Tools menu.
  2. Enter your access and verify codes, then click OK. The main Vitals window opens.
The window layout is saved between sessions, so the last window shown will be restored when Vitals opens. From the main Vitals window, you can: Select a patient Enter vitals data for one patient or multiple patients Mark vitals as entered in error View vitals data on a graph and print a vitals report View allergies View general information for the selected patient Create a user template Set user options and preferences Also see: About the CCOW clinical link List of Access Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts