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Vitals Processing

Category: Healthcare Standards: HIPAA · Clinical standards

Process and analyze vital signs with alert generation (BP, HR, temp, SpO2, BMI)

What this node does

  • BP/HR/Temp/SpO2/BMI processing
  • Alert generation
  • Trend detection
  • Unit conversion

How to use

  1. In the Hydra Builder, open or create a workflow
  2. In the node palette on the left, find Vitals Processing under the Healthcare category (or use the search bar)
  3. Drag the node onto the canvas
  4. Double-click the node to open its configuration dialog
  5. Fill in the required parameters (see Configuration below)
  6. Connect the Vital Signs Data input port from an upstream node
  7. Connect the Critical Alerts and Normalized Vitals output to the next node downstream

Inputs

PortTypeRequiredDescription
Vital Signs DatajsonJSON data object

Outputs

PortTypeDescription
Critical AlertsarrayA list of items
Normalized VitalsjsonJSON data object

Configuration

Open the configuration dialog by double-clicking the Vitals Processing node on the canvas.

ParameterWhat to enter
alertThresholdsConfigure alertThresholds in the node settings
unitsSystemConfigure unitsSystem in the node settings
calculateBMIConfigure calculateBMI in the node settings

When to use this node

  • Monitor patient vitals
  • Generate critical alerts
  • Normalize vital signs

Need help configuring this node?

Go to Settings → Connectors to set up the connection this node depends on, then reference the connector ID in the node configuration dialog.