ACP American College of Physicians - Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults

• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Meaningful Use
• E-prescribing
• Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
• Don’t Miss These Important HIT Resources!
• Mobile Resources
• Informatics

• AmericanEHR Partners
  AmericanEHR Partners is a web-based resource for EHR system selection/implementation developed by the American College of Physicians and Cientis Technologies.
• Registration for Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
• EHR Incentive Program
  To find out more about the government's EHR Incentive Program click here. This information is provided as part of ACP new program AmericanEHR Partners, which is designed to provide you with tools and resources related to the adoption, selection, implementation, and use of EHR systems and other health information technology.
• Dr. David Blumenthal's "Coordinator's Corner"
  National Coordinator for Health Information Technology posts updates and messages to "Coordinator's Corner".
• EHR Adoption Road Map and Tools
  A step-by-step guide to finding, selecting and implementing a successful Electronic Health Record system.
• CCHIT-certified EHR
  What is CCHIT and why is it important to consider in your selection of an electronic health record? This document, from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology explains the certification criteria and what you should expect from a CCHIT-certified EHR.
• Electronic Health Records, 2nd Edition
  by Jerome H. Carter, FACP
  A guide and workbook for evaluating, purchasing, implementing, and using an electronic health records system, available online.
• Health Information Privacy and Security Toolkit
  Health Information Security & Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) addresses barriers to health information exchange. The collaboration, comprised of 42 states and territories, aims to effectively address privacy and security issues pertinent to electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. The purpose of the toolkit is to increase provider awareness of the privacy and security benefits and challenges of HIE.

• National Testing period request for 2011 for version 5010 HIPPA electronic transactions
• Registration for Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
• EHR Incentive Program
  To find out more about the government's EHR Incentive Program visit AmericanEHR Partners. This information is provided as part of ACP new program AmericanEHR Partners, which is designed to provide you with tools and resources related to the adoption, selection, implementation, and use of EHR systems and other health information technology.
• "Medicare Incentive Payments Tip Sheet" - How to coordinate participating in multiple Medicare incentive programs (e.g., eRx, PQRI, EHR) at the same time.
• ACP Comments to CMS on the NPRM Regarding Meaningful Use (March 10, 2010)
• ACP Comments to Office of the National Coordinator on the IFR Regarding Certification Criteria for EHR Technology (March 10, 2010)
• HHS resources and information on Meaningful Use
• Letter from Dr. Tooker to Dr. Blumenthal on Meaningful Use of EHRs (Dec 2009)
• Letter from the Medical Informatics Subcommittee to Aneesh Chopra, White House Chief Technology Officer, in support of previous selection decisions regarding the ASTM-HL7 CCD standard vs. the use of CCR for medical summaries (Oct 2009)
• ACP comments to HIT Policy Committee Privacy Comments (Oct 2009)
• HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Comments (June 2009)
• Statement of the ACP to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Executive Subcommittee (April 2009)

• Medicare e-Prescribing Incentive Program
  Learn more about Medicare's e-Prescribing Incentive Program.
• Guides
  Publications, articles and resources regarding e-Prescribing
• Links to non-ACP Sites
  Some external organizations provide readiness assessments, information, as well as other practical resources.
• ACP Positions
  Read what the College has to say about e-Prescribing

More e-Prescribing

5010/ICD-10

• Get Ready for Version 5010
• ICD-10

Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS): Reporting Through Electronic Registries/EHRs

For more information on PQRS please visit ACP's PQRS Resource Page.

This link will take you to the CMS pages describing the PQRS program. CMS also provides a table listing all qualified PQRS registry products.

• Hanging Out Your E-Shingle: How to Market Your Practice in a Digital Age
  This handout from IM11 describes how to create a simple web site for your practice and how to use other web marketing strategies
• How to Select a Practice Management System
  This 5-step guide and system criteria checklist was developed by the AMA and MGMA to help practices select PMS software.
• Communicating with Patients Electronically
  (via Telephone, Email, and Web Sites)

Download mobile versions of educational and clinical content from ACP, including MKSAP 15 in mobile format, Annals of Internal Medicine mobile edition, and ACP Doctor's Dilemma™ mobile game.

More Mobile Resources

• ACP Advocacy - Where We Stand
• Medical Informatics Subcommittee
• National Initiatives
• Standards Development
• Informatics Organizations

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