Healthcare IT News June 5, 2024
The informatics group polled clinicians about the “pervasive challenge” of excessive administrative work, and found that 75% of respondents think too much documentation is detracting from care quality.
The American Medical Informatics Association this week published the results of a new report it hopes will help move the needle on the widespread problem of excessive clinical documentation burden.
WHY IT MATTERS
The TrendBurden Pulse Survey from AMIA’s 25×5 Task Force was designed to collect data and insights on how clinicians are experiencing documentation burden and charting within electronic health record workflows.
This April, AMIA received more than 1,250 responses from healthcare professionals – physicians/surgeons (36%), registered nurses (25%), licensed social workers, educators and others – across 49 states and the District...