Sign In Join/Renew Topics Practice Education Advocacy About ACEP Home / Quality / Health Information Technology Health Information Technology Love it or hate it, Health IT has a big impact on patient safety, ED throughput, and your job satisfaction. This page is for you to learn about health IT - from policy news to the latest innovations, with a goal of having you get more out of your system, today and tomorrow. Open Notes and 21st Century Cures Act Patients Will Soon Have Access to Clinical Notes The Cures Act Gives Patients Access to our Notes Ready or Not, Here Comes the Release of Open Notes How to Write an Open Note Sharing Notes with Patients - EM and the 21st Century Cures Act AI and Machine Learning Resources Overcrowding Prediction Applications of Machine Learning Approaches in EM Sepsis Prediction and Risk Left Without Being Seen Model Development & Validation of ML Models to Predict Admission AMIA 10x10 Course The American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Medical Informatics Association, and Oregon Health & Science University are pleased to offer this special version of the 10x10 course aimed at emergency physicians. The goal of this course is to provide a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics to those who will work at the interface of healthcare and information technology (IT). Course Date; July 7, 2021 - October 21, 2021 LEARN MORE Got EHR Problems? You have options! We spend too much time on Electronic Health Records. It’s easy to get frustrated with these complicated tools – but there are things we can do to make the experience better. The ACEP Health Innovation and Technology Committee put together this resource to help! Following the links below, you’ll be able to explore options in your own system, learn what’s available through your ED & IT leadership, and reach out to your EHR vendor for more. Things You Can Do on Your Own Customizing and personalizing your EHR can have a dramatic impact on efficiency on shift, and shorten time spent on the computer after your shift. EPIC CERNER EPOWERDOC Engage Your Physician Group or Hospital IT Committees for EHR optimization and compliance. Opportunities for dictation, scribes, and interfaces. EPIC CERNER EPOWERDOC Working Directly With Your Vendor Discussion boards. Super-user training. Customer solutions to common issues. EPIC CERNER EPOWERDOC Latest Health IT News September 16, 2020 Americans Want Federal Government to make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier July 21, 2020 Hospitals Can Take Key Steps to Improve Safe Use of Digital Systems July 7, 2020 Measure the Impact of the ONC's New Interoperability Rules Now October 13, 2016 Documentation Pearls for Compiling a Complete Review of Systems October 5, 2020 Inconsistent Records & Insufficient Imaging Complicate Malpractice Case Practice/Health IT Information Papers October 5, 2020 Electronic Health Records for Patient Safety October 5, 2020 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Best Practices for Efficiency and Throughput October 5, 2020 An MLC Field Guide to Challenges and Opportunities in Medical Imaging, EHRs and Social Media ACEP Practice/EHR Resources October 5, 2020 ACEP4U: Electronic Health Records October 5, 2020 Dot Phrases EM Informatics Newsletters October 5, 2020 Google Data Studio October 5, 2020 Healthcare Tech Trends to Watch in 2020 October 5, 2020 COVID-19: Rapid Application of Technology for Emergency Department Tele-Triage Policy Statements EMS Inferfaces with Healthcare Systems Disaster Data Collection Health Information Technology External Cause of Morbidity Codes and Injury Surveillance Data Systems Clinical Emergency Data Registry Quality Measures Patient Medical Records in the ED Electronic PDMPs HIT Webinars May 3, 2021 Sharing Notes with Patients - EM and the 21st Century Cures Act October 4, 2020 Digital Medicine for the Emergency Physician October 3, 2020 The Journey to a Patient-focused CDS Tool October 2, 2020 FHIR (Fast Health Information Resources) October 1, 2020 Command Center Medicine to Improve Emergency Department Patient Flow September 30, 2020 HL7 Common Model of Emergency Care Information September 29, 2020 How Informatics Can Improve Workflows and Better Serve Emergency Physicians September 28, 2020 EDIS Patient Safety Management JOIN ACEP CONTACT US CAREERS AT ACEP FEATURED TOOLS & PUBLICATIONS Annals Of EM ACEP Now JACEP Open PEER ACEP OLC Bookstore Virtual ACEP NEWS & EVENTS Newsroom Advocacy Center PEER Blog EngagED Online Community Master Calendar ACEP21 LAC21 MORE FROM ACEP EMS Strong EM Foundation EMRA EmCareers.Org Emergency Care Buyers Guide EmergencyPhysicians.Org © 2021 American College of Emergency Physicians. Terms of Use Privacy Policy [ FEEDBACK → ]