Vital signs, body mass index, and growth charts (MU2)

MU Requirements

Per ONC

Taken from ONC Final Rule

(4) Vital signs, body mass index, and growth charts. (i) Vital signs. Enable a user to
electronically record, change, and access, at a minimum, a patient’s height/length, weight, and
blood pressure. Height/length, weight, and blood pressure must be recorded in numerical values
only.
(ii) Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and electronically display body mass
index based on a patient’s height and weight.
(iii) Optional—Plot and display growth charts. Plot and electronically display, upon request,
growth charts for patients.

Per ONC/NIST Final Test Methods

See here: http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2014-edition-final-test-method

Status

Analyzed - Bradymiller 11:37, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Proposal

Current OpenEMR features fulfill all of this (including the optional growth charts).

Links

• OpenEMR Certification Stage II Meaningful Use Main Project Page
• Vital Signs wiki page for stage I certification