EHR and Health IT Resources
Implementing EHR and other health information technologies (HIT) into your practice can be overwhelming. The ACCP’s Practice Management Department and the EHR/Health Subcommittee are here to provide you with information and resources to assist you during this HIT transition.
AMA: Health IT Resources and Activities
The American Medical Association offers information and a wide variety of resources to help health-care professionals and their staff when considering implementing HIT into their practice(s). Click here to find information regarding the following:
- Self-Assessment/Planning
- Financing ROI
- Models and Diagrams
- Checklists
- Reading Materials
EMR Implementation Guide, 2nd Edition
(3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ offered through Texas Medical Association)
Successfully implementing HIT into an office practice can bring improvements in both quality of patient care and practice profitability. The implementation guide offers a nontechnical view of the steps necessary for the successful introduction of HIT, with an emphasis on the needs of smaller practices. This publication will walk you through the process of acquiring and learning to use HIT.
KLAS
KLAS helps health-care providers make informed health-care technology decisions by reporting accurate, honest, and impartial vendor performance through performance databases, specialty reports, and advisory services/custom research.
Medscape: One-on-One: Rapidly Unfolding Health Information Technology
Great 30-minute, one-on-one interviews about the new stimulus bill incentives for electronic medical records and how physicians in private practice should be preparing.
FAQs Regarding EHR/Health IT - Coming Soon!
