Background - EHR Administrative Burdens Clinicians spend excessive time on EHR-related tasks, equating to more than half of their work-hours (1). This leads to less time collaborating with other healthcare professionals and less time treating patients. A study analyzed different EHR inboxes and found that more than half of the messages...
Author: Rumaisa
Background - Clinician Burnout Clinicians are spending excessive time on EHR systems which leads to burnout and less satisfaction with their work. Physicians spend more than half of their working time on EHR-related tasks1. This averages to be 4.5 hours while in the clinic, and 1.5 hours during their personal time1....
Abstract COVID-19 has increased physician burnout in the past few years. The current system involves one-way pagers and phone calls that require a standby clinician to answer and respond1. This results in clinicians requesting and receiving large amounts of information in an outdated system. The current systems lead to a breakdown...
Abstract Digital health solutions have drastically increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients now have access to virtual care and healthcare providers 24/7, remote monitoring, and more. Unfortunately, these innovations often don't reach the low income, disabled, and older population. It is crucial that health IT companies and...