EHR Intelligence January 21, 2020
Researchers found that 76 percent of clinicians preferred a well-designed information tool that focuses on improved search capabilities to lessen clinician burnout and cognitive workload.
The implementation of well-designed information tools in EHR can reduce clinician cognitive workload and thus clinician burnout, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
“Instead of searching, finding, and remembering the clinical details required to identify the same patterns, physicians could benefit from new EHR-derived visualizations to assist them,” explained the study authors. “Freeing physicians from search-intensive tasks reduces their cognitive workload, allowing them to focus on what matters most—caring for their patients.”
The study, which consisted of 29 physicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital, utilized information visualization tools in the EHR that identified and...
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