Becker's Healthcare September 6, 2024
Unnecessary regulatory burdens are often ranked among the top contributors to physician burnout, causing practitioners and practices unnecessary time and money.
The American Medical Association has identified six things practices should stop doing to eliminate physician burnout:
1. Stop requiring EHR password revalidation and two-factor authentication for approving or signing orders. One password is enough and no federal regulations require a two-factor authentication in an EHR for approval of a prescription.
2. Stop routing results of tests ordered by others to the EHR inbox of the patient’s primary care physician. No agencies require that practices route all patient test results to the primary care physician, and sending results to multiple physicians can create a patient safety hazard...
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