Thank you very much, Dave! That is great news. Actually, it is long overdue that default units on Global RPh, or any dosing calculators anywhere, be solely metric. I don't think it is a matter of keeping anyone happy. I think it is a matter of using one standard of measurement in healthcare. The risk of confusing systems of measurement, especially when it comes to calculating doses for anticoagulants and cytotoxic drugs, is much too great. The Joint Commission has recently suggested that all pediatric patients be weighed in kilograms only. They stopped short. I believe that patients of all ages should be weighed in kilograms only, their heights measured in centimeters only, and non-metric units banished from the healthcare culture.
Thank you for listening. Paul Trusten, R.Ph. (not a global one, just a Texas one [grin]) Midland, TX US ----- Original Message ----- From: D. McAuley, GlobalRPh To: [email protected] Sent: 29 July, 2009 06:42 Subject: Re: default units for height Hello Paul, In the past I tried to keep everyone happy.... however, I think its time to have default metric selections. It will probably be some time next week before these changes are made. Thank you for the suggestion.... Dave ----------------------------------------------- David McAuley, Pharm.D., R.Ph. GlobalRPh Inc. [email protected] ----------------------------------------------- --- On Mon, 7/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: default units for height To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 6:38 PM Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by ([email protected]) on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 20:38:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- subject1: Globalrph form MessageType: Suggestion comments: On your calculators, please consider setting your Web sites default units for patient height to centimeters instead of inches. Your default units for weight are in kilograms. Only metric units should be used for patient parameters. name: Paul Trusten, R.Ph. verifyemail: [email protected] Telephone: (432)528-7714 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE_ADDR: 12.154.32.242 HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2)
