By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--July 23, 2010
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(e) Record and chart vital signs. (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.Naturally all these electronic health records will be under the thumb of yet another government agency that will "assure" that the records are being gathered and stored correctly and can be retrieved from the national database. But of what use is a BMI reading? Many researchers and doctors now believe that the BMI system is not a reliable determinant of health problems. Some researchers now think that "BMI should be disregarded as a clinical and epidemiological measure of cardiovascular risk." And what use will the Obama administration make of this information? Will Obama use this info as another excuse for government spending? Of that you can be sure.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.