Record Measurements Using Shortcuts
Add measurements data directly into the Consult window using keyboard shortcuts.
About this task
Procedure
To add measurements directly to the consult:
-
From the
Patient Search or
Patient Queue, select a patient and click
Consult.
- Click within the Consult panel to add your insert point. In our example below, we clicked within the History section.
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Type \ to call the shortcut menu, then type the shortcut
text. For example, we typed \bp to call Blood Pressure
shortcuts.
- Select the module you want to use. We selected the first option, BP.
- Record your observations.
- Click Save.
Results
Your data is added to the consult.
![Example measurements recorded in a Consult](../images/Consult-Notes-Shortcut-for-BP-BP-Data-Entered.png)
![Example measurements recorded in a Consult](../images/Consult-Notes-Shortcut-for-BP-BP-Data-Entered.png)
Measurement data added during a consult to either the
Measurements panel or the
Consult panel is displayed in the
Actions section of the patient's record.
![Example measurements in the Actions section](../images/Actions-Helix-Showing-Measurements-Data.png)
![Measurements icon](../images/icon_measurements.png)
![Consult button](../images/Button-Helix-Consult.png)
![Example measurements in the Actions section](../images/Actions-Helix-Showing-Measurements-Data.png)
When the consult is ended, any measurements recorded are
added to the consult entry in the patient's Timeline, flagged with the
Measurements icon.
![Example timeline](../images/Patient-Timeline-Showing-Measurements-Icon.png)
To display the related measurements data, click
Measurements.
![Example measurements in the timeline](../images/Patient-Timeline-Showing-Measurements-Data.png)
![Measurements icon](../images/Icon-Helix-Measurements.png)
![Example timeline](../images/Patient-Timeline-Showing-Measurements-Icon.png)
To display the related measurements data, click
![Measurements icon](../images/Icon-Helix-Measurements.png)
![Example measurements in the timeline](../images/Patient-Timeline-Showing-Measurements-Data.png)
Tip:
You can delete data on the same day in
which it was recorded. In the required section, click
Delete Data.
![Delete data icon](../images/Button-Helix-Delete-Abbreviation.png)