Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Growth Curve Tip

As we switch to electronic well checks, that first visit gives you a less-than-useful giant dot standing all by itself on each section of the growth curve. We have asked our MA's to go back and enter the growth parameters from the previous Well Check to that at least we have two data points and a curve in between. It's much more effective for showing to the parents and for assessing the interim growth.
All the MA (or the doctor!) has to do to enter previous vitals/growth data is go to the Vitals section, click on the Wizard, then click on Add Vitals. Enter in the values, and be sure to change the date in the bottom right-hand field to the date that the vitals were obtained. Then click Add Vitals and close the window. They should then appear on the growth curve that you access from the Facesheet.

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