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Query re temperature

Submitted by Guest on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 17:54
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I am converting from RxWorks - in its Consultation record there are slots for both patient weight and temperature.

Is there any reason why OPV has a weight recording facility but no specific temperature recording facility?

Regards, Tim

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Re: Query re temperature

Submitted by tanderson on Mon, 19/11/2012 - 12:54.

No particular reason - its never come up before now.

You could add an act.patientTemperature archetype if you like, using act.patientWeight as a template, and reference it in the actRelationship.patientClinicalEventItem archetype.

-Tim

Re: Query re temperature

Submitted by pstadler (not verified) on Sat, 24/01/2015 - 02:34.

Note, I had a request from our staff for this as well. Might be something that could be added to the product. If it were, I'd hope it would come up in the check-in workflow as well...

Re: Query re temperature

Submitted by Ben_Charlton on Sat, 24/01/2015 - 09:50.

Why would anyone take a temperature at checkin....which is when a client walks into a waiting room...

The checkin workflow has only just been paired back because people complained it was already too convuluted - with documents and waiting lists etc....

I personally would hate to see this become a default part of check in.

I think a custom SOAP macro or Exam macro would be sensible, which is easily defined by the administrators/implementer.  

Looking at this simply - we require a act.PatientWeight because the figure is used in macro calculations as well as some drug dispensing calculations.  

The temperature would never be used in this manner, like heart rate and respiratory rate, it is a indicator.  If you are going to archetype out indicators the list is endless. 

Just my 2 cents

 

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Ben 
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Re: Query re temperature

Submitted by tgething (not verified) on Tue, 27/01/2015 - 16:30.

Ben - as the original postee (or is it poster), I thought I should comment.

I fully agree with your comment (ie use a SOAP/Exam macro). One also needs to remember that screen & logic design have a lot to do with how easily things flow.  If you are using a forms oriented system then it is relatively easy to have a temperature slot on the visit screen.  In our case (where a procedure oriented approach is used) it gets more cumbersome if one adds a temperature item to the medical records - but one can do it if necessary.

In doing the RxWorks conversion I just added a line to the Visit note saying "Temperature: 39.9"

Regards, Tim G

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