MCMP-PAT User's Guide
 
Welcome to the User's Guide for MCMP-PAT.  This guide describes the features of MCMP-PAT and is divided into the following major topics:

Topic Description
What's New in User's Guide Lists the changes made to this guide.
What's New in MCMP-PAT Lists the changes made to the MCMP-PAT tool.
Process Overview Describes the different activities to be performed during the course of the demonstration that involves MCMP-PAT.
Abstraction Guides General guidelines on how to abstract patient information.
Features Lists the features that are not covered under the menus.
Main Form Describes the parts of the main data entry form.
Menus Describes the different features and options that are accessible from the menu items.
External Utilities Describes the functionalities of other utilities that are not directly accessible from the main form.
How-to Guides Contains step-by-step instructions on how to perform certain technical procedures.
Technical Information Contains topics system requirements, problems and possible solutions.
Import Specifications Covers the import rules and file specifications.
Measure Data Definition Definition of measure elements.
Medication List List of medications.
Links Links to resources and Web sites of organizations involved in the MCMP demonstration.


Using This Guide
  • Use the menus on the left pane to navigate the topics.
  • The left and right panes can be resized by pointing the cursor over the line between the scroll bar and the right pane and dragging it to the left or right.
  • For the online version: to avoid printing the menus on the left, right mouse click anywhere on the right pane and select Print from the menu that will come up.

Tips for Returning MCMP-PAT Users
  • Update to the latest version of MCMP-PAT by clicking on Tools Update in the main form.
  • The newest version of the tool will open your baseline database (last year's database) but will not allow you to modify them.
  • You may have to change your QualityNet.org password.
  • You need to download your database from QualityNet.org once it is available.
  • You will be using a different database for performance year two so make sure that your database name is something like "MXX001_PY2.mcmp".
  • Store your new (performance year two) database into the same folder where the old one is located.
  • There is no need verify your key.
  • The deadline for submission is March 24, 2010.