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Health Experts Misjudged EHR Clinician Burnout at HITECH Act Passage
EHR Intelligence February 17, 2021
Clinicians and healthcare experts did not fully grasp the high potential of EHR clinician burnout at the time of the HITECH Act passing in 2009.
Following the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009 and the subsequent increase in EHR adoption, clinicians and healthcare experts significantly underestimated the degree of clinician burnout and its contributing factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
On the contrary, healthcare professionals overestimated the concern over patient privacy and fraud.
After the HITECH Act passed, clinician burnout has run rampant across the country amidst poor EHR usability, unintuitive EHR design, and high clinician workload.
Healthcare professionals, including individuals from the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI),...
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