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Improving Documentation for Better Outcomes

Transforming EHR Documentation Across the Continuum of Medical Education

A comprehensive learning program for students, residents, fellows, faculty, nurses, and practicing clinicians designed to strengthen documentation practices that lead to safer care, better outcomes, and improved quality performance.

Why This Program Matters

Electronic health records are central to modern patient care. The quality of documentation directly influences:

  • clinical decision-making
  • patient safety
  • care transitions
  • coding and billing accuracy
  • quality metrics and value-based care

This curriculum helps learners at every stage build the knowledge and habits needed to document clearly, accurately, and efficiently.

Choose Your Learning Pathway

Select a pathway to review its featured modules and open the complete educator preview.

UME

Fundamental Concepts

For medical students and early learners

Build confidence with the foundations of EHR navigation, note writing, coding basics, and order entry.

Featured modules

  • Introduction to Electronic Health Records
  • Practicing Fundamental Skills
  • The Note: Documentation in an EHR
  • Introduction to Coding and Billing
  • Order Entry and Order Sets
  • Social Determinants of Health
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GME

Intermediate Level

For residents and fellows

Develop documentation skills for workflow efficiency, accurate coding, and independent clinical practice.

Featured modules

  • Effective Use of EHRs
  • Mock EHR Clinical Encounter
  • High Yield Notes
  • Coding and Billing: Office Workflow
  • Procedure and Visit Coding
  • Diagnosis Coding and Billing
  • Social Determinants of Health
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CME

Advanced Learners

For practicing clinicians and faculty

Refine documentation strategies to improve transitions of care, chronic disease performance measures, and quality reporting.

Featured modules

  • Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Use of EHRs
  • Transitions of Care: Hospital to PCP
  • Transitions of Care: Emergency Room to PCP
  • Obesity Documentation and Measures
  • Diabetes Documentation and Measures
  • Social Determinants of Health
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Continuing Education Credit

Most modules offer continuing education credit for:

  • Practicing Physicians/Faculty
  • Nurse

For Educators and Program Leaders

This curriculum can be implemented as:

longitudinal learning series

clerkship integration

resident bootcamps

faculty development

quality improvement initiatives

point-of-care refreshers

Institutional reporting

Institutional Administrator Access

Need learner participation data for your institution? An approved Institutional Administrator can monitor learners and export reports from a dedicated dashboard.

Institutions may request a designated administrator. This is an optional, fee-based service and access must be approved by SEMCME.

Available dashboard data and reports

  • learner name, email, role, and account created date
  • modules completed, in progress, and not started
  • completion counts and in-progress percentages
  • completion dates and certificate status
  • module-level participation and status breakdowns
  • downloadable user and module CSV reports

To find out whether your institution already has an administrator or to request access, contact Dr. Nadia Juzych.

Request Institutional Administrator Access

njuzych@semcme.org

Collaborative Excellence

Developed through collaboration among specialists in health informatics, medical education, evaluation science, and billing/coding, this curriculum supports the mission of improving patient care through better documentation.

Supported by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Value Partnerships Program

Ready to Learn More?

Bring Improving EHR Use for Better Outcomes to your learners, institution, or healthcare organization.

For information about the complete series, institutional subscriptions, or implementation options:

Contact SEMCMEnjuzych@semcme.org

Better documentation starts with better education.

Help learners document more effectively, use the EHR more efficiently, and turn better data into better care.