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5 steps physicians can take to get rid of “stupid stuff”

Needless tasks have exacted a toll on doctors’ daily workload. Learn more with the AMA about how to slash administrative burdens.

Physician Health
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How to celebrate progress on cutting doctors’ clerical burdens

Physicians and others are more willing to point out sources of practice inefficiency when they see proof that change is possible. Learn more with the AMA.

Sustainability
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5 MIN READ

With 2 new patients a day, medical scribes are profitable in one year

For all medical specialties using scribes, study finds greater productivity that allowed physicians to see more patients and offset the scribe program’s costs.

Sustainability
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Will commercial payers, EHR vendors adopt revised E/M office-visit codes?

Revised CPT codes and evaluation and management service guidelines are not just for clinicians. Those in the business of health care need to be ready.

CPT®
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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

Digital
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Patient Access Playbook: Putting it into practice

Download the Patient Access Playbook PDF to learn more about the first step to operationalizing patient electronic access—understanding the capabilities of your EHR technology.

Digital
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Patient Access Playbook: Special topics

Download the playbook and topic brief PDFs to read real-world scenarios about barriers associated with accessing images, records of the deceased and records from practices that are closed.

Digital
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Patient Access Playbook: The world of apps

Download the Patient Access Playbook PDF to learn about rights and responsibilities when patients use apps for their EHRs.

Digital