117.984: Electronic Health Record Problems MSSNY will work with New York’s congressional delegation, as well as encourage the AMA to work proactively with MSSNY, to assure that additional federal financial incentives are provided to encourage physicians to adopt HER, and to assure that physicians who use cloud based
117.983: Quality of Care, Not Cost, Must be the Criterion Used in Online Patient Searches for Physicians MSSNY should seek legislation requiring health plans in New York State that offer online physician rankings to include, as part of their rankings, quality criteria such as following quality of care guidelines and
117.982 Exemption Criteria for Electronic Health Record Adoption and Cloud-Based Electronic Health Record Packages The Medical Society of the State of New York will ask that the American Medical Association (AMA) not give up the fight for Electronic Health Records (EHR) exemptions and continue to petition the Centers for Medicare and
117.981 Patient Consent for Uploading Patient Records to the SHINY-NY And RHIOs The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) will seek legislation or regulation that requires patient consent for uploading patient records to Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHINY-NY).
117.980 Shared Savings and I-STOP The Medical Society of the State of New York will urge the New York State Department of Health and Department of Financial Services to require health insurers to identify cost savings they have experienced as a result of compliance with the I-STOP law, and that the
117.979 Scheduled Medications MSSNY will work with New York State to improve the I-STOP program by including a link to patient prescription histories which will appear at the time of prescribing as well as at the pharmacy where said prescription is filled. (HOD 2015-101; Reaffirmed HOD 2016-112 & 113)
117.978 Meaningful Use Requirements SUNSET HOD 2025
117.977 Quality Improvement in Clinical/Population Health Information Systems The Medical Society of the State of New York will request that the American Medical Association invite other expert physician associations into the AMA consortium to further the quality improvement of electronic health records (EHR’s) and Population Health as discussed in the
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.
117.975 Recommendations of White Paper: Improve EHR Satisfaction MSSNY adopts the following recommendations to improve implementation and satisfaction among users of Electronic Health Records (EHR) Improve design and workflow so that EHR: a. doesn’t take away time spent with patients b. does not interfere with doctor-patient relationship and c. reduces total
