117.976 Electronic Health Records, a Failure of Health Care Reform
The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) will urge the American Medical Association (AMA) to research the failure of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to achieve their stated goals and to ascertain the validity, value and accuracy of various EHRs. MSSNY and the AMA should urge payers to issue a moratorium on penalties for those that do not utilize EHRs since they have not evolved adequately.
It shall be the policy of MSSNY that public and private insurers should not require the use of electronic medical records. (HOD 2016-111; Reaffirmed HOD 2026)
