Electronic Health Records (EHR) - American Medical Association
2 天之前 · 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 …
Electronic Health Information Blocking - American Medical …
2024年12月6日 · Information-blocking practices which impede the secure exchange and use of electronic health information by practices, patients and doctors can stand in the way of providing quality care. Here you'll find the AMA's press releases, articles and other content on electronic health information blocking.
Meaningful Use: Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs
Get more information and download resources on the incentives Medicare and Medicaid provide for medical practices to adopt new records, billing and practice management procedures. Meaningful Use: Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs | …
What physicians need to know about the new EHR regulations
2015年10月21日 · New regulations outline requirements for the electronic health record meaningful use program for Medicare. Find out what physicans need to know about some of the most important changes that will affect a medical practice.
Patient data privacy and access resources - American Medical …
2024年7月22日 · Find best practices for efficiently providing patients with electronic access to medical records in one authoritative resource with the AMA's Patient Records Electronic Access Playbook. The playbook covers elements, including requirements under HIPAA, to help practices provide patients with their own health information.
Physicians speak out: How can electronic health records be …
2016年1月29日 · How can electronic health records (EHR) and regulations be designed to positively affect you in your practice? With the meaningful use program reportedly on the cusp of change, physicians gathered in Seattle for a town hall meeting to discuss both the difficulties and benefits of EHRs while also citing ways that they can be improved.
2015年12月29日 · A. Zachary Hettinger, medical director Erica Savage, manager Amy Will, program manager Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, founding director American Medical Association Michael Hodgkins, chief medical information officer Stacy L. Lloyd, manager, digital health strategy External reviewers Janet Campbell, Epic Systems Corp.
Physician cybersecurity - American Medical Association
2024年11月25日 · The HHS cyber agency published an updated threat brief (PDF) outlining common threats to electronic health records (EHR), including phishing attacks, malware, and cloud threats. While EHRs are important components in managing your patients’ electronic medical records, EHRs are valuable targets to cyber attackers because of the protected ...
Broader information-blocking requirements take effect: What it …
2022年10月25日 · Specifically, a physician’s obligations to provide information no longer only applies to the narrow subset of health records defined by the federal U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard. Federal information-blocking requirements have now shifted to all electronic medical information maintained by your practice or hospital.
CMS prior authorization final rule explained with AMA President …
2024年1月25日 · The new rule requires plans to do some really important things for patients. It requires plans to support an electronic prior authorization process that's embedded in the physician's electronic health records, bringing much needed automation and efficiency to our current very manual and very time-consuming workflow.