Nurse Burnout Even Bigger Challenge Than Physician Burnout

HIT Consultant January 26, 2022
Dr. John Ciccone, Chief Medical Officer, DSS, Inc.

The pandemic has pushed nurses to the brink. A recent survey by the American Nurses Association reports 51 percent of nurses feel overwhelmed, 76 percent report exhaustion and burnout, and nurse-to-patient workloads have tripled. (Jan. 2021). Hospitals function on the back of nurses, and the current burnout levels cannot be sustained.

In addition to the pandemic, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems share a big part of the blame. EHRs were introduced to the health care ecosystem to streamline document workflows and make sharing of patient information easier. But EHR systems have fallen far short of their promise – leading to clinician stress and burnout and less time for interaction with patients. In a 2019 JAMA survey, more than half of...

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