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Improving EHR Use for Better Outcomes: User Guide
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Improving Documentation for Better Outcomes educational curriculum is designed to help practicing physicians, faculty, learners, and other healthcare professionals strengthen their documentation skills within electronic health records (EHRs). As EHRs have become the central link across every area of clinical practice, accurate and meaningful documentation plays a critical role in improving patient safety, supporting quality measures, enhancing communication, and promoting more cost-effective care. By improving the quality of data entered into the EHR, clinicians also improve the reliability of the data used to guide decisions, measure outcomes, and ultimately deliver better patient care.
This curriculum offers a continuum of learning modules tailored to all stages of medical education and clinical practice, from undergraduate medical students to residents, fellows, and experienced practicing clinicians. The program is organized into three progressive learning levels:
- Fundamental Concepts (UME) for early learners developing core EHR skills.
- Intermediate Modules (GME) for graduate medical education focused on advanced documentation and workflow integration.
- Advanced CME Modules (CME) for practicing clinicians seeking to optimize efficiency, quality metrics, transitions of care, and performance measures in areas such as diabetes, obesity, and social determinants of health.
The complete series is designed to support teachers, instructors, residency leadership, and faculty in implementing these modules at the appropriate learner level. Each module includes detailed objectives, key concepts, and guidance for curricular integration, making it easy to align content with educational goals across UME, GME, and CME settings. For practicing physicians and nurses, many modules also offer continuing education credit opportunities, further supporting lifelong learning and excellence in clinical documentation.
Improving EHR Use for Better Outcomes Allows You to:
- Explore 18 learning modules designed to improve your knowledge and application of EHRs.
- Filter modules to access services designed to target different learning levels.
- Follow multiple case studies and complete practice exercises.
- Access your own personalized dashboard with saved progress.
- Download certificates for proof of completion.
- Obtain CME (available for practicing physicians and nurses).
Available Modules
- • Introduction to EHR Educational Series - Improving EHR Use for Better Outcomes
- • Electronic Health Records: An Introduction
- • Practicing Fundamental Skills
- • The Note: Documentation in an EHR
- • Introduction to Coding and Billing: ICD-10, CPT, E/M Codes
- • Order Entry and Order Sets
- • Effective Use of EHRs
- • Practice Documentation - Hypertension Case
- • High-Yield Notes
- • Coding and Billing: Office Workflow
- • Coding and Billing: CPT Coding
- • Coding and Billing: ICD-10 and How to Build Diagnoses
- • Documentation of Social Determinants of Health
- • Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Use of EHRs
- • Improving Quality Metrics for Readmission, Transition of Care and Medication Reconciliation (Emergency Department to PCP)
- • Improving Quality Metrics for Readmission, Transition of Care and Medication Reconciliation (Hospital to PCP)
- • Documentation of Evidence-Based Management of Obesity and Performance Measures
- • Documentation of Evidence-Based Management of Diabetes and Performance Measures
The Educator Demo Site provides a sample of the modules for review. For further information, or to request information on subscription to the complete series of modules, please contact njuzych@semcme.org
Introduction to EHR Educational Series
- Understand the role of EHRs in modern clinical practice
- Identify common challenges
- Recognize improvement opportunities
Electronic Health Records: An Introduction
- Differentiate paper vs electronic records
- Demonstrate navigation
- Apply documentation skills
The Note: Documentation in an EHR
- Explain documentation importance
- Identify key components
- Recognize expectations