Health Information Technology

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Toolkit

• Give the many benefits of health IT, the ACC highly encourages its members to adopt an electronic health record (EHR) in their practice. To make the transition as smooth as possible, the ACC has assembled suggestions and documents to assist you in beginning the process of choosing and implementing an EHR.

  • Before You Purchase 
  • Choosing an EHR 
  • Contract Negotiations 
  • Member Case Studies
  • EHR Selection Consultants 
  • Recordings from the ACC.10/i2 Summit 2010 Health IT Spotlight Session
  • Additional Resources 

Federal Incentive Programs

• The federal government has developed an incentive program to encourage use of health information technology. This EHR Incentive Program will provide payment incentives for physicians that demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health record (EHR) technology and performance between 2011 and 2015. The link below provides detailed information on the program, including a high-level overview, FAQs, information on ACC efforts to date and more.

  • EHR Incentive Program Resources

   

Electronic Prescribing

• The ACC supports the use of an e-prescribing system as a standalone system, or, preferably, as part of an EHR, to improve quality of care and efficiency and to reduce of medication errors .

  • Federal E-Prescribing Incentive Program
  • Benefits of E-Prescribing
  • What to Look for in an E-Prescribing System 
  • ACC's E-Prescribing Initiative

ACC Policies and Activities

• The ACC is highly involved in health IT through its Health IT Committee. The Committee has drafted several documents to guide ACC members in their health IT decisions and to outline ACC's stance on certain technology issues.

  • EHR Optimal Functional Requirements 
  • e-Prescribing Principles
  • Personal Health Records Principles 
  • Unique Patient Identifiers Principles