The No-Hassle Guide to Ehr Policies, Second Edition

The No-Hassle Guide to EHR Policies, Second Edition
Margret K. Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS

Update your EHR policies for meaningful use

This second edition from EHR expert Margret Amatayakul provides the tools you need to develop effective HIPAA-compliant EHR policies that reinforce meaningful use. You'll receive sample policies on issues of meaningful use, security, record retention, documentation, release of information, liability, and workflow. All of the policies can be downloaded and tailored to your specific needs.This book will help you with:

• Providing policies and guidance for all aspects of EHR, including:
  • Understanding meaningful use incentives
  • Improving patient care
  • Ensuring privacy and security protection
  Addresses real-life daily challenges from the fieldPuts policies into context for the userPolicies in the second edition have been updated to reflect meaningful use criteria and other HITECH requirements. Included are four new policies on:
  • Clinician reminder
  • Standing orders
  • Use of alerts
  • Accepting restrictions requested by individuals
  Table of Contents

  Introduction: The importance of policy directives
  Chapter 1: Creating policies
  Chapter 2: Enhancement of privacy policies
  Chapter 3: Enhancement of security policies
  Chapter 4: Policies for retention and destruction of EHR information
  Chapter 5: Policies for documentation
  Chapter 6: Policies for health information exchange
  Chapter 7: Policies for personal health records
  Chapter 8: Policies for EHR selection, implementation, and adoption
  All of the forms and policies in the book are available to download and customize for your facility, on topics including meaningful use, security, record retention, documentation, release of information, liability, and work flow.