Medical Economics November 11, 2024
Key Takeaways
- The ACP calls for reducing low-value EHR alerts to alleviate physician burden and burnout.
- EHR vendors are encouraged to categorize and redirect messages, reducing unnecessary alerts.
- Recommendations include automatic alert logging, ensuring message necessity, and removing physicians from initial messaging chains.
- The ACP emphasizes physician involvement in system design and testing, and exploring AI integration.
The ACP calls for reduction in low-value EHR alerts in a recent position statement.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has long been an advocate of reducing burden on physicians, now calling for a reduction of low-value electronic health record (EHR) alerts and messaging functions in its most recent position statement.
“We know that our members are overburdened by EHR inbox/in-basket...
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