MU Stage1 Final Rule - Record and Chart Vital Signs
SECTION # ' Section 170.302(e)—Record and Chart Vital Signs
MU OBJECTIVE Record and chart changes in vital signs: - Height - Weight - Blood pressure - Calculate and display BMI (Plot and display growth charts for children 2-20 years, including BMI)
MU STAGE 1 MEASURE
For more than 50% of all unique patients age 2 and over seen by the EP or admitted to eligible hospital’s or CAH’s inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23), height, weight and blood pressure are recorded as structured data
CERTIFICATION CRITERION Interim Final Rule Text: (1)Vital signs. Enable a user to electronically record, modify, and retrieve a patient’s vital signs including, at a minimum, the height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse. (2)Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and display body mass index (BMI) based on a patient’s height and weight. (3) Plot and display growth charts. Plot and electronically display, upon request, growth charts for patients 2–20 years old. Final Rule Text: §170.302(f). (1)Vital signs. Enable a user to electronically record, modify, and retrieve a patient’s vital signs including, at a minimum, height, weight, and blood pressure. (2) Unchanged (3) Unchanged
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N/A
TEST CRITERIA # §170.302 (f) http://healthcare.nist.gov/docs/170.302.f.1_vitalsigns_v1.0.pdf http://healthcare.nist.gov/docs/170.302.f.2_BMI_v1.0.pdf http://healthcare.nist.gov/docs/170.302.f.3_growthcharts_v1.0.pdf
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