Association of electronic health record design and use factors with clinician stress and burnout. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Association of electronic health record design and use factors with clinician stress and burnout. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published August 2019

Association of electronic health record design and use factors with clinician stress and burnout.

Kroth PJ, Morioka-Douglas N, Veres S, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e199609.

This survey of 282 primary care physicians and ambulatory specialists found that several electronic health record design features contributed to clinician burnout, including excessive data entry requirements and long copied-and-pasted notes. However, other work environment factors (such as clinician workload) were more strongly predictive of work stress and burnout.

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