From charting in the electronic health record system to remote patient monitoring and complying with the 21st Century Cures Act, technology is a part of the modern child and adolescent psychiatrist’s daily practice. Here are various educational resources to help the child and adolescent psychiatrist.

Electronic Health Records

Basics of Electronic Health Records
This section includes information on why AACAP members should adopt EHRs, including information on the CMS/National initiatives, privacy concerns, and getting started with an EHR.

Choosing an Electronic Health Record
This section provides resources to help you select an EHR best suited for your practice needs.

APA’s Resource Page on EHR Selection

EHR optimization

This section discusses the member forums where clinicians can see what other programs and places are doing to improve documentation, surveys and measurement based care. 

• Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
• Measurement-Based Care, An Issue of Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 29-4
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AACAP News Articles by Topic 

• Measurement Based Care - An Opportunity
• Key Considerations for Telepsychiatry Private Practice After COVID-19
• HIT Committee Discusses EHR Optimization
• Tech Corner: Electronic Medical Records
• Mobile Health Apps for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists: Suicide Prevention and Safety Planning

AACAP Facts for Families by Topic

Browse the collection of relevant AACAP Facts for Families documents for patients, which explore various technology considerations including telehealth, EHRs and treatment in the digital age.  

• Working with Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in the Digital Age  
• Telepsychiatry and Your Child
• HIPAA and Medical Privacy 
  
  

Other Texts and Resources

Looking for more? Consider these additional resources to learn more about technology, HIT, and psychiatry. 

• Health Information Technology for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 26-1 
• Benson N, Edgcomb J, Landman A, Zima B Leveraging Clinical Informatics to Improve Child Mental Health Care Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020;59(12):1314-1317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.06.014 
• Advocacy and Technology
• Telepsychiatry