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==Question==
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Is there an Audit Trail for Vitals?
  
Yes, to view who took vitals in the past you will need to pull up the patient you are inquiring about, go into the ACI in the Past Meds/Orders area and right click Vitals, View and Audit.  Step by step procedures are listed below.
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==Answer==
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Yes, to view who took vitals in the past you can go into the [[Add Clinical Item | ACI]] under RX/Orders, view Past Meds/Orders, right click Vitals and then View and Audit.  Step by step procedures are listed below:
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#Log in as a TW user.
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#Choose a patient.
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#Go into the Clinical Desktop.
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#Click the "Add new Order" icon.
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#Click on the RX/Orders tab.
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#From the drop-down menu in the Orders section choose Past Meds/Orders.
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#Sort by Type. (Uou can sort a number of ways, but for this example we will sort by Type.)
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#Scroll down to "Orders" and find "Vital Signs."
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#Right-click on a Vital sign.
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#:[[Image:Vitals Audit Trail.jpg]]
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#Click View
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#Click Audit.
  
Login as a TW user
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At the very top of the page you will see a created Date on the left and a Created By name on the right. This is the name of the person logged in and recording the vitals.
Choose a patient
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Go int the Clinical Desktop
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[[Image:Vitals Audit Trail 4.jpg]]
Click the "Add new Order" icon
 
Click on the RX/Orders tab.
 
From the drop down menu in the Orders section choose Past Meds/Orders
 
Sort by Status
 
SCroll down to the Completed Orders and find "Vital Signs".
 
Right click on a Vital sign
 
Click View
 
Click Audit
 

Latest revision as of 16:51, 19 October 2011

Question

Is there an Audit Trail for Vitals?

Answer

Yes, to view who took vitals in the past you can go into the ACI under RX/Orders, view Past Meds/Orders, right click Vitals and then View and Audit. Step by step procedures are listed below:

  1. Log in as a TW user.
  2. Choose a patient.
  3. Go into the Clinical Desktop.
  4. Click the "Add new Order" icon.
  5. Click on the RX/Orders tab.
  6. From the drop-down menu in the Orders section choose Past Meds/Orders.
  7. Sort by Type. (Uou can sort a number of ways, but for this example we will sort by Type.)
  8. Scroll down to "Orders" and find "Vital Signs."
  9. Right-click on a Vital sign.
    Vitals Audit Trail.jpg
  10. Click View
  11. Click Audit.

At the very top of the page you will see a created Date on the left and a Created By name on the right. This is the name of the person logged in and recording the vitals.

Vitals Audit Trail 4.jpg