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  1. Electronic Health Records (EHR) - American Medical Association

    4 days ago · 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 …

  2. 10 challenges when switching EHRs—and how to meet them

    Jul 26, 2024 · The EHR is a driver of burnout for doctors. Then comes time to switch to a new one. Early communication, training are musts for a smooth transition.

  3. Practice innovation strategies: EHR improvements

    Sep 24, 2024 · 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 …

  4. Are copy/paste functions used in EHR documentation prohibited?

    Apr 11, 2025 · Digital Are copy/paste functions used in EHR documentation prohibited? Get real answers from the AMA to common myths about the use of copy/paste functions in the EHR.

  5. Improving EHR usability requires significant efort among all stakeholders—vendors, physicians, other health care professionals, institutions, patients, researchers and policymakers.

  6. 7 EHR usability, safety challenges—and how to overcome them

    Dec 11, 2023 · EHR design, customization or configuration can contribute to patient harm. Researchers also are quantifying the physician burdens of EHRs.

  7. The EHR can improve care. These medical students are learning how

    Dec 3, 2025 · Through quality improvement projects, medical students at Geisinger College of Health Sciences find out how to harness the EHR’s power.

  8. “Break-the-Glass” EHR functionality | AMA

    Dec 2, 2025 · Additional information “Break-the-glass,” or “break-glass” functionality requires an EHR user to enter additional authentication information and documentation of a specific business reason …

  9. Best practices for providing virtual primary care, EHR inbox …

    Dec 6, 2024 · The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about virtual care and EHR inbox management.

  10. Is order entry a physician-only EHR task? | AMA

    Oct 2, 2025 · Additionally, there is no current Medicare EHR incentive program that requires computerized provider order entry (CPOE). 1 Background CPOE is the process of electronic entry of …