Taming the Electronic Health Record Playbook authors: Jill Jin, MD, MPH; Jessica Reimer, PhD; Marie Brown, MD, MACP; Christine Sinsky, MD, MACP

AMA STEPS Forward also acknowledges the authors of the individual toolkits referenced in the Taming the EHR Playbook for their contributions: Melinda Ashton, MD (Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff); Peter Basch, MD, MACP (EHR Optimization); John Bulger, DO, FACOI, FACP (Choosing Wisely); Catherine DesRoches, DrPH (Sharing Clinical Notes With Patients); Jane F. Fogg, MD, MPH (EHR Optimization); Matt Handley, MD (Choosing Wisely); Kevin Hopkins, MD (Patient Portal Optimization); James Jerzak, MD (EHR Inbox Management); Christopher Joseph (EHR Optimization); CT Lin, MD, FACP (EHR Optimization); Margaret Lozovatsky, MD (Patient Portal Optimization, EHR Optimization); Paola Miralles (Sharing Clinical Notes With Patients); Wendy K. Nickel, MPH (Choosing Wisely); James Rice, MD, MHA (Patient Portal Optimization).

This Playbook is part of the AMA STEPS Forward® interactive practice transformation program. Each playbook in the series highlights key messages and links to free online toolkits, videos, podcasts and practical tools to start creating change today. The objective of the playbook series is to offer you a high‑level overview of an area that you can choose to dive deeper into at your own pace.

The AMA STEPS Forward® program offers practice innovation strategies that allow physicians and their teams to thrive in the evolving health care environment by working smarter, not harder. Physicians looking to refocus their practice can turn to AMA STEPS Forward® for proven, physician-developed strategies for confronting common challenges in busy medical settings and devoting more time to caring for patients. This collection offers more than 70 online toolkits and other resources that help physicians and medical teams make transformative changes to their practices, including in the areas of managing stress, preventing burnout and improving practice workflow.

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Expanding on AMA STEPS Forward® practice innovation strategies, the AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy gives participants the flexibility to customize their practice transformation journey. The Innovation Academy offers a spectrum of opportunities to learn from peers and experts, including webinars, telementoring, virtual panel discussions, bootcamps and immersion programs.

The AMA Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability group is committed to making the patient–physician relationship more valued than paperwork, technology an asset and not a burden, and physician burnout a thing of the past. We are focused on improving—and setting a positive future path for—the operational, financial and technological aspects of a physician’s practice.

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