The Top 10 Things You Should Be Doing Today to Get to MU

1. Enter Orders in the EHR

Providers must enter 80% of orders into the EHR for MU. Orders do NOT have to be

SENT electronically (printing requisitions is fine) but they must be entered in the EHR.

2. Transmit Prescriptions Electronically

75% of eligible prescriptions must be sent electronically

3. Maintain Active Problem, Medication and Allergy Lists

80% of patients must have problem, medication and allergy lists recorded as

structured data, including an indication of “none” if there is no active problem, med or

allergy.

4. Record Patient Demographics

80% of patients must have demographics recorded as structured data, including

preferred language, race and ethnicity.

5. Routinely Record and Chart Vital Signs

80% of patients ages 2 and up must have height, weight, BP and BMI recorded, and

data must be plotted on a growth chart for children aged 2-20

6. Put Key Lab Interfaces in Place

50% of clinical lab results with a numeric or positive/negative format must be

incorporated in the EHR as discrete data.

7. Routinely Perform Medication Reconciliation

Medication reconciliation must be performed for 80% of relevant encounters and

transitions of care.

8. Record Smoking Status for Patients 13 and Over

Smoking status must be recorded for 80% of patients

9. Routinely Check Insurance Eligibility and Submit Claims Electronically

Eligibility must be checked and claims submitted electronically for 80% of patients.

10. Enable Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Checking

Real time drug-drug, drug-allergy and drug-formulary alerts at the point of care must

be enabled.