EHR Intelligence July 13, 2022
The Surgeon General said that health IT vendors should prioritize interoperability and user-centered EHR design to help address clinician burnout.
Health data interoperability and user-centered EHR design can help address administrative burdens that contribute to clinician burnout, according to an advisory from Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, Surgeon General.
Murthy said that healthcare organizations should implement strategies to reduce administrative burdens so providers can spend more time with patients.
For example, de-implementation checklists can help address common administrative burdens in the workplace. Hawaii Pacific Health’s “Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff” program asked providers to assess their EHR experience and nominate tasks to eliminate that they found unnecessary or poorly designed. Ultimately, the initiative helped the health system save 1,700...
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