Electronic Health Records (EHR) - American Medical Association An electronic health record (EHR) digitizes a patient’s paper chart It collects the patient’s history of conditions, tests and treatments and can be used to create a more holistic view of the patient’s care A medical EHR also improves upon paper by making the patient’s information available instantly and securely to an authorized user But for all these advantages, EHRs can create
Practice innovation strategies: EHR improvements This collection of AMA STEPS Forward® Practice Innovation Strategies—including playbook and checklist PDFs—offers proven approaches on how to maximize the benefits of EHR use, strategies and tactics
Meaningful Use: Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program—also known as Meaningful Use or MU—initially provided incentives to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) to meet program requirements
Is order entry a physician-only EHR task? | AMA Medicare Medicaid Is order entry a physician-only EHR task? Get real answers from the AMA to common myths about who can enter orders in the EHR