Vitals / Measurements

Installing the Vitals module

***You should have VistA installed and it should be running *****

1. Go to:

ftp://ftp.va.gov/VistA/Software/Packages/Gen%20Med%20Rec%20-%20Vitals%20-%20GMRV

2. Install VITL5_0_1.EXE by double clicking on the file name and you will get a pop-up window

3. Click "Run" and when the files finish loading the Vitals Wizard will open

4. Click "Next" and Vitals Wizard will begin the install.

5. Click Next two more times and the files will begin to copy over

6. After the files are copied click "Next" and you will get a screen for Set UP Status

7. Click "Finish" and the Vitals icon should appear on your desktop.

8. Go back to ftp://ftp.va.gov/VistA/Software/Packages/Gen%20Med%20Rec%20-%20Vitals%20-%20GMRV and install VITL5_P18.EXE by double clicking on the file name

9. Click Run and when the files finish loading click "Next"

10. Click "Finish" and the Vital Manager icon should appear on your desktop.

11. Right click on the icon on your desktop and click Properties and the following windows will open:

5. Type a space and your server IP and Port number into to the end of the target field. - This information can be Copy and Pasted from your VistA shortcut item by right clicking on properties - It is the S=127.0.0.1 P=9211 portion of the target - It should look something as follows:

6. Click "Apply" and click "OK"

7. Repeat steps # 4 - 6 for

8. Open up the Vitals Manager and the login screen will open. Enter the same access and verify code that you used for logging into VOE (VistA Office EHR) and you will then see the following screen:

9. Click on the + sign under “Templates” and click on the “System” folder.

10. On the top menu - click on Templates and then New Template from the drop down menu, as seen below:

- The following screen will opoen:

11. Enter the Template Name. (i.e. All) and click Ok

12. Click on the “+” cursor found on the left side of the Vitals Template Editor screen.

13. Choose which Vital signs that you want displayed for the template. *Hint: If you want all of these select the top one and then while holding down the “Shift” key select the last item.

- Click Ok

14. Click Templates found at the top of the screen then click Save Template from the drop down menu bar.

15. Now the “Vitals” screen should now be working from within the VOE CPRS application.