Flags in 2025

Flags in 2025

 

 

Flag Requirements for MSF

Category

Type of Observation

Flag label

Limits / Thresholds

Location on UI

Logic / Trigger

Color / Severity

Clickable Action

Category

Notes / Comments

Patient Safety

Allergy

 

Any active allergy

Top banner

Patient has recorded allergy

Red

Click to open allergy details

active allergy 

 

Vitals

Blood Pressure

High BP

Low BP

SBP >180 / <80, DBP >110 / <50

Top-right banner

Latest reading exceeds threshold, disappear if latest reading become normal

Red

Click to open full BP trend chart

last reading vitals

Need timeline logic: The last recording? within X hours? within 1 day?

Adults only? (since this is an Adult-specific range)

Vitals

Heart Rate

High HR

Low HR

HR >130 / <40

 

Top-right banner

Latest reading exceeds threshold, disappear if latest reading become normal

Red

Click to open HR trend

last reading vitals

Need timeline logic: The last recording? within X hours? within 1 day?

Adults only? (since this is an Adult-specific range)

Vitals

Oxygen Saturation

 

SpO₂ <90%

Top-right banner

Latest reading below threshold, disappear if latest reading become normal

Red

Click to open oxygen trend

last reading vitals

Need timeline logic: The last recording? within X hours? within 1 day?

Vitals

Fever

 

Temp >39.5°C

Top-right banner

Latest measurement exceeds threshold, disappear if latest reading become normal

Orange

Click to open temperature trend

last reading vitals

Need timeline logic: The last recording? within X hours? within 1 day?

Non-babies only? (since this is an Adult-specific range)

Labs

High WBC / Infection Alert

 

WBC >15 x10⁹/L

Top right summary - Lab summary section

Show if WBC >15; disappear if <12

Orange

Click to open lab details

lab

 

Labs

Low Hemoglobin / Severe Anemia

 

Hb <7 g/dL

Top right summary - Lab summary section

Show if Hb <7; disappear if ≥8

Red

Click to open lab details

lab

 

Labs

High INR / Bleeding Risk

 

INR >5

Top right summary - Lab summary section

Show if INR >5; disappear if ≤3

Red

Click to open lab details

lab

 

Labs

Critical Potassium

 

K⁺ >6 mmol/L or <2.5 mmol/L

Top right summary - Lab summary section

Show if K⁺ out of range; disappear if normalized

Red

Click to open lab details

lab

 

Labs

Acute Kidney Injury

 

Creatinine ↑ >1.5x baseline

Top right summary - Lab summary section

Show if Cr >1.5x baseline; disappear if normalized

Orange

Click to open lab details

lab

 

Need to define “baseline” - is it the first Creat result ever for that pt?

Medications

High-risk Medication

 

Insulin, anticoagulant, opioid

Medication section

Medication flagged as high-risk

Yellow

Click to open medication details

active cond / med ? out of date

 

High Risk Conditions

Patient with pregnancy

 

Active problem flagged

Top banner

Condition present in patient record

Red

Click to open conditions

active cond / med ? out of date

Emphasis on active - don’t want pt to flag “pregnant” forever

Chronic Conditions

Patient diagnosed with Diabetes, HT, CHF, CKD, Cancer

 

Active problem flagged

Condition section

Condition present in patient record

Yellow

Click to open conditions

active cond / med ? out of date

 

Infectious Disease Conditions

Patient diagnosed with TB, COVID-19, MRSA, Hepatitis B/C, or other reportable disease

 

Active problem flagged

Top banner

Condition present in patient record

Red

Click to open conditions

active cond / med ? out of date

 

Procedures

Pending Surgery

 

Scheduled within 7 days

Care coordination section

Show procedures scheduled within 7 days

Yellow

Click to open Procedures

appointments

 

Appointments

Missed Clinic Appointment

 

Missed appointment

Appointment section

Patient did not show up for previous scheduled appointment

Yellow

Click to open Appointments

appointments