Similar to how we flag abnormal vitals like temperature and BP, I propose implementing a feature to automatically calculate and flag BMI status (normal, overweight, or underweight) in the system. This enhancement will give healthcare providers immediate, actionable insights into a patient’s BMI status at the point of care. Automatically flagging abnormal BMI values (underweight or overweight) will enable providers to quickly identify patients who may require additional nutritional assessments or lifestyle interventions etc.
And i think the Biometrics table can easily accommodate that since there is a good amount of space for adding an extra column.
Most likely instead of adding a different column, we would use the same indicators we do for other numeric values. That way we’re not building another UI concept users need to grasp. It may be slightly difficult to implement reference ranges, at least until the RefApp is on 2.7.0, with the new reference range implementation. That’s because BMI is very sensitive to age, location, etc.
Thank you for clarifying that there are still some details to resolve before we can move forward. I’m curious to see how the reference range implementation in RefApp 2.7.0 will help simplify this in the future.
