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EHR in Your Office - Let's Get Started!
Module 2:  Provider Daily Life      

EHR in Your Office - Let's Get Started! is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society, Health Information and Management Systems Society and the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative. This course was developed from a live program, EHR in Your Office - Let's Get Started! held at MMS Headquarters in Waltham, MA on October 22, 2005.  Utilizing audio and slides you can experience Dr. Charles M. Kilo's presentation, Provider Daily Life.

For more information on the Massachusetts Medical Society go to www.massmed.org.
For more information on the Health Information and Management Systems Society go to www.himss.org
For more information on the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative go to www.maehc.org

Original Publish Date: January 30, 2006
Review Date: January 31, 2007, January 31, 2008
Term of Approval End Date: January 31, 2009
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
Risk Management: Yes
Course Format: Slides with Synchronized Audio and Transcription

Course Overview

This module describes the anatomy of an electronic health record, (EHR). You will understand the components of an EHR and the many differences in tools utilized for a paper-based practice and an electronic health record based practice. These differences will be described and explained. At the end of the presentation, you will understand how an EHR will impact your daily practice life.

Instructions for Completing this Course and Exam

The following course was developed from a live program. The course presentation will open in a separate player window displaying the presentation slides, synchronized audio and transcripts. In order to view this course, you will need to download free Flash 8 software or higher if you do not already have it installed on your computer.

When you are done viewing the presentation module, close the window and click Proceed to Exam in the left navigation bar.  You will be directed through the eCommerce screens.  After payment is received, the exam will display.

After completing the required reading through the Course Information below, click on Start Course to begin the activity.

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Course Information

Intended Audience

This program is intended for physicians and practice administrators who are in the early stages of EHR adoption.

Course Objectives

  • Describe the anatomy of the EHR
  • Understand components of the EHR
  • List the difference between paper-based practice and the EHR
  • Discuss the impact of the EHR on daily practice life

Course Credit

Deadline for completing the course is January 31, 2009.

The Massachusetts Medical Society designates E.H.R. 101 for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

Participants will receive a confidential report of their examination score. You must receive a score of 70% or better to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  A confirmation of credit will be issued at the end of the course to those who successfully complete the examination.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative.

The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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Course Fees

The Provider Daily Life course and all associated course materials are available free of charge. An opportunity to complete an exam and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for a nominal fee is available at the end of the course. The course fees are as follows:

Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Member: $10

Non-MMS member: $20

Course Faculty

Charles M. Kilo, MD is the CEO of GreenField Health, a network of innovative primary care practices and consulting group serving healthcare focused technology companies and clinical organizations interested in medical practice, improvement and redesign. Dr. Kilo is a Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement where he was previously the Vice President. At IHI, he developed and led the International Idealized Design of Clinical Office Practice Initiative. This work has sparked a national focus on practice performance and redesign. Dr. Kilo speaks frequently on topics related to healthcare quality, heath system design, healthcare improvement technology and medical practice improvement. He is a practicing internist with subspecialty training in infectious diseases. He attended Washington University School of Medicine where he also completed his Internal Medicine Training. He subsequently completed an Infectious Disease Fellowship, and Masters of Public Health at Harvard. Dr. Kilo and Dr. Mark Leavitt, as medical director, coauthored a recently released book entitled “Medical Practice Transformation with Information Technology”.

Course Materials

While viewing the course you will have the option to print the slides and transcripts by going under "documents" in the tabs within the recording window.

Free Flash download is available at beginning of course.

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Disclosure/Commercial Support

Disclosure

Charles M. Kilo, MD, has no financial interests or relationships with commercial manufacturers to disclose.

Off-label Disclosure:

This course does not include any discussion of an off-label use of a commercial product or an investigational use not yet approved for any purpose by the FDA.

Commercial Support

No commercial support was received for this program.

Online Development

Kathleen Bellisle, Manager of Distance Learning, MMS

Nancy L. Bennett, PhD, Education Consultant

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Bibliography

Click to access the MMS Electronic Health Records document archives.

Helpful Hints

  • This course and all associated materials are available free of charge. To complete the exam(s) and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, a nominal fee is applied at the end of the course.
  • If you need to stop in the middle of a course, you may return to the course at anytime to complete.
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