Introduction
The Clinical Flowsheets patch of the Clinical Procedures
(CP) package provides an electronic format for the traditional paper flowsheet
maintained on each inpatient stay. Vitals, Intake and Output, Activity,
and Wound Documentation are elements that can be recorded via Clinical
Flowsheets into the Veterans Health Information System and Technology
Architecture (VistA) system. Various reports, such as End of Shift Reports
can be produced by Clinical Flowsheets.
Additionally, Clinical Flowsheets provides an interface
to collect patient information from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) monitoring
devices and the subsequent entry and storage into VistA, as well as an
Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) interface between VistA and the monitoring
devices. A large and varied set of patient data is generated in the ICU
setting, and it is a challenge for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
medical providers to easily and consistently collect and analyze patient
data without standardization.
CP Console Implementation Directions
CP Console is the administration dashboard for implementing
and maintaining Clinical Flowsheets for the users. The site’s flowsheet
coordinator should be set up by IRM with the MD Administrator key to get
them started. CP Console is then used to set up views, flowsheets, flowsheet
totals, instruments, shifts, scheduled cleanup of unused files, and all
the other administrative tasks to customize the application for their
site. Every task is detailed in this implementation guide, although a
quick overview of the setup basic requirements will help make navigation
of this manual easier for the sites.