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AMA President David O. Barbe, MD, MHA
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Dr. Barbe: We need more time with patients, less at the keyboard

One way government can improve health care is to let physicians spend more time on face-to-face care and less time on administrative tasks.

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Doctor works day and night on electronic health records.
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Family doctors spend 86 minutes of “pajama time” with EHRs nightly

A big chunk of the administrative work physicians do on EHRs could be properly delegated to other members of the practice team.

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Aug. 24, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Hardship exception, EHR incentive programs and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Electronic documentation impedes emergency department efficiency

A change intended to improve care leads to increased lengths of stay for patients visiting the emergency department. 

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Distraught physician works with computer.
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EHRs exert different kind of drain for hospital-based physicians

Hospital-based physicians are impacted by a lack of time while office-based doctors experience a lack in quality time with patients, according to a new study.

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Close-up of device screen showing copy and paste functions.
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Copy, paste, repeat: Widespread EHR practice could undermine care

A study finding that nearly half of the text in EHRs comes from older notes copied into the record calls into question the information’s timeliness and accuracy.

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Physician consultation around laptop and tablet.
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Missing from MACRA: 2 Meaningful Use milestones

The final rule implementing MACRA contains a welcome but little-noticed provision that relieves physicians of EHR-reporting burdens.

Medicare & Medicaid
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March 9, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Stronger network-adequacy & fewer prior-auth demands, flexibility in EHR adoption and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 23, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Clinical technology in the age of the QPP

Clinical technology in the age of the QPP - How AMA is making health care technology a physician's best friend.

Advocacy Update