Improving EHR Use For Better Outcomes
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Introduction to EHR Educational Series
Introduces the role of technology in medicine, the promise and challenges of electronic health records, and opportunities for clinicians to improve their EHR experience. Provides background and context for the full educational series.
Electronic Health Records: An Introduction
Explains the transition from paper records to EHRs, highlights patient benefits, introduces a simplified EHR interface, and walks through a basic patient encounter with a hypertension documentation case.
The Note: Documentation in an EHR
Reviews the purpose, history, and audiences of the medical note while outlining documentation expectations at different stages of medical training and characteristics of high-quality notes.
Introduction to Coding and Billing: ICD-10, CPT, E/M Codes
Introduces ICD-10, CPT, and E/M codes and explains how they are used in patient documentation, quality reporting, and billing through practical examples.
Order Entry and Order Sets
Reviews inpatient and outpatient orders and order sets, with hands-on practice writing prescriptions, using order sets, and responding to EHR alerts.
Effective Use of EHRs
Focuses on judicious and responsible EHR use during residency, covering data collection, documentation responsibilities, and the role of EHRs in training.
High Yield Notes
Focuses on creating clear, effective, and high-impact clinical notes by improving communication across care teams while using EHR tools efficiently and appropriately.
Coding and Billing: Office Workflow
Explains how documentation, coding, and billing connect to the revenue cycle and how patient information flows from visit documentation through final payment.
Medical Procedure and Visit Coding
This module introduces the foundational principles of medical procedure and visit coding. Learners will review Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes, and the appropriate use of modifiers to ensure accurate documentation and billing.
Diagnosis Coding and Billing: ICD- 10 and How to Build a Diagnosis
This module provides an overview of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding system and its role in accurate billing. Through real-world case examples, learners will practice applying diagnosis codes correctly to reduce claim denials and improve reimbursement accuracy.
Documenting Social Determinants of Health
Reviews the five key Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and provides guidance on screening, documenting, and incorporating them into clinical care to support improved patient outcomes and value-based care.
Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Use of EHRs
Equips clinicians with strategies to optimize EHR use, improve documentation quality, enhance efficiency, and reduce documentation burden across practice, team, and quality metrics.
Improving Quality Metrics for Transitions of Care: From Hospital to PCP
Examines inpatient-to-outpatient transitions and highlights documentation practices that support continuity of care, reduce readmissions, and improve quality performance measures.
Improving Quality Metrics for Transitions of Care: From Emergency Room to Primary Care
Addresses common challenges in transitions of care from the Emergency Department to Primary Care, with a focus on documentation practices that reduce readmissions, errors, and patient risk.