Health IT Outcomes September 19, 2017
John Khoury

Fifty-one percent. More than half. A majority.

That’s how many physicians reported feeling burnout in 2017 according to Medscape’s annual survey. And, it’s a sizeable increase from 40 percent just four years earlier in 2013.

How did burnout become such a sweeping epidemic?

There are plenty of contributing factors. Policy changes, changing workflows, ICD-10, new payment models, general workload – all perfectly acceptable answers.

However, If You Ask Physicians, You’ll Likely Hear A Common Theme: Technology
Clearly, technology advancements bring many benefits. But they also can have unintended consequences, particularly for physicians.

Consider the example of EMRs. These tools digitize the health record and offer a new level of interconnectivity. However, EMRs were originally designed as billing systems – not...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, MACRA, Medicare, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Value Based
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