Healthcare Innovation July 26, 2019
Pediatric health system creates Physician IT (PhIT) program to enlist physicians with an aptitude for creating efficiencies to work with colleagues
In surveys, physicians regularly identify electronic health records (EHRs) as a contributing factor in burnout. Health systems are taking a variety of approaches to address the issue. At Healthcare Innovation’s Health IT Summit on June 3 in Philadelphia, informatics leaders from Nemours Children’s Health System described a program to give some physicians special training in informatics and an opportunity to work with their colleagues on EHR optimization.
Nemours has children’s hospitals in Wilmington, Del., and Orlando, Fla. Gina Altieri, senior vice president and chief of strategy integration, said that through surveys Nemours recognized health IT does play a role...
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