Record rooming vitals and assign a room
After a patient is checked in, place them in a room and capture their intake vitals so the provider has fresh numbers when the visit starts.
Before you start
- The patient must already be Arrived or In Progress in the queue at Scheduling → Check-in — the room and vitals controls only appear after check-in.
- You need check-in access (Front Desk Staff, Patient Access Rep, Practice Manager, or Admin).
Steps
Assign a room
- On the patient's card, open the Assign room… dropdown.
- Pick a location: Waiting Room, Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, or Procedure.
- The choice saves automatically — a confirmation appears (for example, "Jane Doe placed in Exam 2") and the card shows a Room: badge. To move the patient, just pick a different room.
Record rooming vitals
- On the patient's card, click Vitals.
- In the Rooming Vitals dialog, confirm the Recorded at date and time (it defaults to now).
- Enter any of: Systolic BP, Diastolic BP, Heart Rate, Temperature, SpO₂, Respiratory Rate. Fill in at least one — leave the rest blank.
- Add an optional Note (for example, "Taken at check-in by front desk; patient at rest.").
- Click Save. The dialog shows how many readings are ready before you save, and a confirmation appears afterward. The vitals are attached to this visit and appear in the after-visit summary and the patient's chart.
Tips / Troubleshooting
- "No active encounter for this visit — room not persisted" — the visit record isn't ready yet. Check the patient in first (or retry check-in), then assign the room again.
- Only numeric values are saved; blank or non-numeric fields are skipped.