EHR: Focused Pain Assessment

With every new admission and shift assessment the EHR could be programmed to generate a focused pain assessment, with the selection of yes on the question does the patient have complaints of pain? This focused pain assessment would include objective data such as patient's vitals signs, pain severity, pain location and onset of the pain. The assessment would also include subjective data that could be gathered from the patient such as pain quality, provoking or palliating factors, what treatment has helped with the pain and how the pain has impact the patient life (McCaffrey&Farrell, 1997, P.