Healthcare IT News April 7, 2021
Kat Jercich

A new JAMIA article identifies three main factors: technostress, time pressure and workflow-related issues.

A new article published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that electronic health record-integrated patient-generated health data may create burdens for clinicians, leading to burnout.

In particular, researchers from Northwestern University found that technostress, time pressure and workflow-related issues need to be addressed to accelerate the integration of patient-generated health data into clinical care.

“Clinician burnout is not only a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, but also a type of cynicism about job responsibilities,” wrote Jiancheng Ye, a PhD student at Northwestern University, in the article.

“Burnout is a reaction marked by lacking the sense of accomplishment,...

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