Taming the EHR (Electronic Health Record) - There is Hope.
With increasing diffusion of EHR technology over the last half decade, clinician burnout is rising. As healthcare is a complex and highly regulated field, the rapid and mass adoption of EHR technology has created disruption for highly skilled workers such as clinicians. Although, much has been written about dissatisfaction with the EHR (electronic health record), a paucity of immediate solutions exists in the literature. This article suggests three actionable steps health systems and clinicians can make to expedite gains from and mitigate the effect of the EHR on clinical practice.
Clinical Informatics, Stanford Health Care, Primary Care, Stanford Children's Health, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Clinical and Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego Health Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Information Technology Services, University of Washington Medicine; Department of Medicine, University of Washington; Departments of Health Services and Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Clinician burnout; Electronic health record; Health care workforce; Primary health care