Height and weight data is also used to calculate BMI for adult patients. Pediatric offices use height measurements to track a patient’s growth or use the height and weight data to calculate a patient’s body mass index, or BMI. Additionally, providers participating in MIPS measure #128 could lose Medicare payments if they are not utilizing a height rod to measure patient height. Knowing a patient’s height is just as important as knowing blood pressure, weight or body temperature. But an often overlooked valuable tool for any healthcare setting is a height rod, also known as a stadiometer.
Scales, blood pressure cuffs, and thermometers are just some of the standard medical devices required in a physician office.
