Jul 12
2019
My MultiBriefs: Auto-Generated Email Messages From EHRs Can Contribute To Physician Burnout
The time physicians spend on desktop medicine appears to be increasing compared to the amount of time they can spend with patients. The cause of this switch is likely the obvious current enemy of healthcare: electronic health record (EHR) documentation.
In particular, it’s the emails generated by EHRs that are the problem.
According to a new study, physicians’ EHR inboxes are stuffed with system-generated messages on behalf of the electronic health records they are operating within their organizations, which can lead to job dissatisfaction and even burnout, Health Affairs reported.
The rest of my article appears here on MultiBriefs.