EHR Improvements

The utilization of electronic health records can help transform your practice and improve patient outcomes. This collection of AMA STEPS Forward^® practice innovation strategies offers proven approaches on how to maximize the benefits of electronic health record (EHR) use, strategies and tactics to successfully implement an EHR, and best practices in software selection.

• Playbooks: Collections of related interventions
  • Taming the EHR Playbook Your EHR system may feel like an unfixable problem. Learn strategies to maximize team-based care, throw out unnecessary rules, and optimize proficiency with EHR technology.
  • Saving Time Playbook Learn how to stop the unnecessary work and share the necessary work. These time-saving strategies help physicians focus on the work that matters.
• Podcasts
  • Electronic Health Record Optimization Daniel Dunham, MD, MPH, FACP, chairman of medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, explains how eliminating unnecessary clicks and other time-saving tricks can help save hundreds of hours in the EHR.
  • Improve Practice Efficiency with EHR Quick Wins Implementing “quick win” systemic adjustments such as badge logins and synchronized refills, explains Nigel Girgrah, MD, chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health in New Orleans.
  • Taming the EHR Medical practices may have more control than originally thought. Tame your EHR to get back to meaningful work.
• Webinars
  • Taming the Electronic Health Record You may have more control over the EHR than you think. Learn what efficiencies you can implement and pick up tips that can save you hundreds of hours.
  • Leveraging EHR-integrated Telehealth Tools Improve the physician and care team experience by optimizing operational workflow through EHR-integration opportunities.
  • Health Care Technology and the Human Connection Physicians can maintain the same empathy and human “touch” within a digital environment, improving patient outcomes and access.
• Toolkits: How-to guides for implementation
  • Electronic Health Record Optimization 0.5 Credit CMEIdentify leadership, system and individual strategies to optimize the way your organization uses the EHR.
  • Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff (GROSS)Learn how to recognize unnecessary tasks and other “stupid stuff,” reducing waste and empowering clinicians to speak up and make improvements.
  • EHR Inbox Management 0.25 Credit CMELearn how preventing unnecessary messages, using standard workflows and adding message filters can help your team tame your EHR inbox.
  • Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation 1.0 Credit CMEBy minimizing the time spent on data entry and optimizing workflows, your practice can ease the transition from paper to electronic health records.
  • Electronic Health Record (EHR) Software Selection and Purchase 1.0 Credit CMEAssess which EHR software is right for you, based on your practice needs, overall cost and ease of integration.
  • Sharing Clinical Notes with Patients 0.5 Credit CMEUnderstand the recent federal mandate for open notes and how clinicians, patients and caregivers can make the most of them.
  • Patient Portal Optimization 0.5 Credit CMEEmpower patients to communicate quickly with the care team and participate as partners in their health care.
  • Patient Care Registries 0.5 Credit CMEAppropriate training and carefully designed practice workflows can help proactively manage chronic conditions.
  • Team Documentation 0.75 Credit CMELearn to improve efficiency with a team EHR documentation process.
  • Panel Management 0.5 Credit CMEUse patient care registries to provide comprehensive preventive care.
  • Simplified Outpatient Documentation and Coding Reduce workload with recent updates to billing and e/m coding documentation.
• Success Stories: Real-world examples
  • Make the Electronic Health Record Work Easier and Cut Down on Daily Clicks Dramatically cut the number of daily clicks in the EHR system and improve the efficiency of electronic administrative tasks.
  • Optimizing Electronic Health Record Use in Any Clinic Setting with a Dedicated IT-Focused Team Rapidly reduce EHR inefficiencies and problems with an IT-focused Sprint program that retrained users, fixed workflows and implemented new tools.
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