EHR Intelligence July 6, 2020
EHR problem lists saw a positive correlation with disease severity and incompleteness, resulting in clinician burden.
Demographics and disease severity are linked to both the incompleteness and duplication of EHR problem lists, according to a study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine (JAMIA).
Poor EHR usability, lack of interoperability, and data entry burden have all negatively impacted its users. In return, those issues have led to clinician burnout and a decrease in patient care quality.
Because of those shortcomings, EHR documentation has also been negatively impacted. In particular, problem lists are scattered and sometimes either incomplete or duplicated. Problem lists are crucial to clinicians because they summarize each patient’s medical issues in one location.
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