117.974 Improving HR Technology to Enhance and Track Clinical Outcomes The Medical Society of the State of New York will advocate that electronic health record companies ensure that their products provide physicians with real time clinical feedback and focus on episodes of care. (HOD 2017-52)
117.973 EHR Data Access and Data Migration The Medical Society of the State of New York will work with the AMA to pursue regulations which would: require EHR vendors to provide data to the next EHR vendor in a timely and meaningful way and at reasonable cost when requested to do
117.972 Integrating Data into Physician’s E-prescribing Workflow The Medical Society of the State of New York supports legislative or regulatory efforts to ensure the interoperability of the State’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Registry with electronic health record and e-prescribing workflow. (HOD 2018-167; Reaffirmed HOD 2019 in lieu of res 52)
117.971 MSSNY Supports Health Information Exchange The Medical Society of the State of New York reaffirms its support for the use of Health Information Exchange services by member physicians and their associated organizations and encourages physicians to contribute patient data to their local Health Information Exchange as long as policies exist that ensure that patient data
117.970 Cancelling Prescriptions through EHRs The Medical Society of the State of New York will advocate that all pharmacies, prescription programs, and vendors of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) adopt technologies which allow physicians to easily cancel medications electronically. (HOD 2018-64)
117.969 Universal Medication Reconciliation The Medical Society of the State of New York will continue to work with the New York e-Health Collaborative (NYeC) and the State Health Information Network (SHIN-NY) to help ensure that patient medication information is accurately collected and distributed through the Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) in a timely manner and presented
117.968 All Dispensers Report to the Prescription Monitoring Program The Medical Society of the State of New York will continue to work with the American Medical Association to update federal regulations which enable physicians to review medication information currently not required to be reported to New York’s I-STOP database, such as medications dispensed as part of
117.967 Online Review MSSNY will work with outside Counsel to develop methods which will effectively and legally ensure the accuracy of online posts and reviews, allowing physicians to respond and review veracity while working within the constraints of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution. (HOD 2019-101; Reaffirmed HOD 2020)
117.966 Home Care Discharge Summary Standardization MSSNY will work to introduce legislation to require standardization of the Home Health Care Agencies (HHCA) electronic discharge summary as guided by MSSNY member physicians who will be receiving this information. (HOD 2019-106)
117.965 Cloud for E-Prescribing The Medical Society of the State of New York will work with software vendors and the appropriate regulatory agencies to establish an alternative process allowing for prescriptions to be submitted to a “cloud” where any pharmacy can retrieve and fulfill the prescription. If a patient must change pharmacies due to insurance restrictions,
