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I noticed something interesting when I upgraded AC from 6.12 to 6.33 yesterday.

The threshold percentages for some of the "Core" MU items adjusted (higher). For instance, the Core 2 (Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically) increased from 35 to 74%. I had noticed that, despite using eRx on nearly every encounter, my eRx % was increasing only very slowly. So the 74% actually makes more sense.

I am wondering if running the Database Tuner after the upgrade may have "improved" my MU totals. I had already run the Tuner once after installing 6.12, to reset the eRx refill request counter (on the main window).

Or does version 6.33 do a better job in updating the MU totals?

Even though we are on the "Meaningless Use" bandwagon with good old Bert, I just noticed while reviewing the Updates and Improvements list, that certain numbers and crunching like stuff have been Improved or Corrected. There is also a Codifiction Warning now but it seems AC is going to scrub those for folks.... We are E Rx'ing for the moment but that's about it. The rest of this crap makes my stomach ache along with my burt-out head... (See 2nd reply to Leslie's Admin simplification posting... :-) no less offends my sense of what America and Civil Rights are all about, especially seeing how much more sensable our supposedly "Socialist" friends to the North (didn't you notice the hidden Hammer and Cycle in that RED and White Canadian Flag... Commies!!!) are doing about making sure that Patient privacy is always the leading value while designing a system to only allow "Researchers" to access De-Indentified data for the purpose of learning about treatments, cost trends, evidence based medicine... Not this Big Brother and all their greedy for profit supports all clamoring to get their hands on Doctors' data to make sure all of you have lots and lots of Give Backs in your future..... Aaaaaaahhhhh. Yes the game's a foot in deed...

"Prick us do we not bleed?????"

Paul

Personally I find the health maintenance useful even if I were not doing the MU - I can bring it up and it quickly shows me when last diabetic eye, foot, kidney, a1c, etc were done - reminds me of things I may have forgotten.