Managing obs due and obs overdue tasks

Depending on your permissions, you might be notified when patients on your patient list have observations due or overdue. You can accept or decline the due and overdue tasks you receive.

Due times depend on the observation frequency. Task notifications usually appear shortly before observations are actually due. For example, an EWS Early Warning Score. A vital signs recording and scoring system used with adult patients. The scoring system is designed to identify and alert appropriate staff in the case of deteriorating patients. of 5 might have a frequency of 2 hours, and the obs due alert is triggered after 1 hour 30 minutes, to give you the chance to record the observation by the actual due time.

Overdue observations are observations that have not been completed in an appropriate time period, depending upon their frequency.

Managing obs due and obs overdue tasks on a mobile

When a patient's observations become due, Nervecentre sends a task to all users with the role 'Obs Due' and the patient on their patient list.

To answer an obs due notification:

  1. View the task notification.

    • The task notification is delivered with an audible tone.

    • When Nervecentre is open on your mobile, the task notification fills the screen.

    • When your mobile is asleep, a push notification is sent. This behaviour is similar to how text messages appear on your mobile.

  2. Select an option.

    • To accept the task, and the responsibility of recording the set of observations, select Accept.

      The task is allocated to you, and Nervecentre removes the task from the mobile devices of other users.

    • To decline the task, select Decline.

      The task remains open.

    If observations are recorded before anyone accepts the task, the task closes.

When a patient's observations become overdue, Nervecentre sends a task to all users with the role 'Obs Overdue' and the patient on their patient list.

To answer an obs overdue notification:

  1. View the task notification.

    • The task notification is delivered with an audible tone.

    • When Nervecentre is open on your mobile, the task notification fills the screen.

    • When your mobile is asleep, a push notification is sent. This behaviour is similar to how text messages appear on your mobile.

  2. Select an option.

    • To accept the task, and the responsibility of recording the set of observations, select Accept.

      Nervecentre allocates the task to you and removes the task from the mobiles of other users.

    • To decline the task, select Decline.

      The task remains open.

    If observations are recorded before anyone accepts the task, the task closes.

Managing obs due and obs overdue tasks on a desktop

You can’t manage obs due and overdue tasks on the desktop.

Related articles