77th ASSH Annual Meeting - Back to Basics: Practice and Education-IC61: Optimizing the EHR: Tricks to Make Your Life Easier (AM22)

IC61: Optimizing the EHR: Tricks to Make Your Life Easier (AM22)

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Video Summary

The video discusses the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in healthcare. The speaker talks about the advantages of EHRs, such as improved integration within health systems, researchable data, and expedited claims processing. They also discuss the goals and objectives of understanding the capabilities and workflow of different EHR systems and methods to enhance clinical efficiency within each system. The video then goes on to discuss specific tips and tricks for optimizing the use of different EHR systems, such as Epic and Athena. These include using templates for documentation, creating custom order sets, utilizing text macros for faster note-taking, and integrating photos into the patient chart. The video also talks about future directions for EHRs, such as improving global templates and better integration of radiology imaging. Overall, the video provides an overview of the benefits and challenges of using EHRs and offers tips for improving efficiency when using these systems.

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Session Tracks Practice Management

Speaker Harlan M. Starr, Jr., MD

Keywords

electronic health records

EHRs

integration

researchable data

claims processing

clinical efficiency

templates

radiology imaging