Electronic Health Records (EHR) - American Medical Association
Jan 2, 2026 · 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 …
“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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Digging into the data to cut EHR burdens that drive burnout
Oct 7, 2024 · The AMA recognizes that EHR-use data will only get more robust as vendors adopt new and better data collection and as health systems learn to maximize the potential of the data that is …
Researchers mine EHR metadata for clues to cut doctor burdens
Feb 26, 2025 · Identify patient medical advice request factors linked to in-basket burden, burnout and cognitive load. Use EHR metadata from more than 200,000 physicians across more than 400 health …
Primary care group transforms EHR use, slashes burnout by 64%
Aug 7, 2025 · CenterWell Senior Primary Care leveraged AI and streamlined workflows to reduce documentation load and enhance physician satisfaction and patient care.