This learning activity examines evidence-based strategies for optimizing electronic health records in ambulatory surgery to reduce documentation burden and enhance patient safety. Nurses will learn how AI-driven predictive analytics, voice-enabled documentation, charting by exception, enhanced interoperability, and workflow simplification can reduce alert fatigue by up to 86% and manual entry by up to 75%. The activity emphasizes nurses' critical role in EHR governance, advocating for systems that reclaim time from documentation for direct patient care while maintaining clinical decision-making quality and regulatory compliance in fast-paced perioperative environments.