Becker's Healthcare February 12, 2018
The American Academy of Family Physicians penned a letter Feb. 7 to CMS Administrator Seema Verma and ONC head Don Rucker, MD, to offer recommendations to reduce clinician burdens associated with health IT.
The group cited a 2017 study published in the Annals of Family Medicine that found primary care physicians spend nearly six hours, roughly half of their workday, interacting with EHRs. The AAFP argued the high cognitive load physicians experience when working with EHRs contributes to clinician burnout and takes away time spent on direct patient care.
“The AAFP maintains that the current regulatory framework with which primary care physicians must comply is daunting and often demoralizing,” the letter reads. “It is unfortunate and avoidable that the regulatory...
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