Body Mass Index Included in Electronic Health Record According to New Health Care Regulation
New federal regulations issued this week stipulate that the electronic health records–that all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year–must record not only the traditional measures of height and weight, but also the Body Mass Index: a measure of obesity -Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS
MY COMMENT: I guess the idea is to get a handle on the number of Americans who exceed normal body mass index standards.
“With the spread of electronic health records, the CDC apparently will be able to collect such data more efficiently and with greater accuracy because the electronic record keeping systems can send the data automatically, eliminating the need for government – both state and federal – to keep, send, and process physical records.”
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