Physician burnout in the electronic health record era: are we ignoring the real cause? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Physician burnout in the electronic health record era: are we ignoring the real cause? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2018

Physician burnout in the electronic health record era: are we ignoring the real cause?

Downing NL, Bates DW, Longhurst CA. Ann Intern Med. 2018 May 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Professional burnout is a pervasive problem among health care workers that can have serious effects on patient safety. Despite the recent focus on how poor design of information technology contributes to burnout, this commentary advocates for a broader approach to addressing the problem. The authors suggest that regulation and the associated billing requirements are the root causes of the documentation burden and offer recommendations to address them.

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