Medical Xpress August 31, 2024
Lori Solomon

Only one-fourth of family physicians report being very satisfied with their electronic health record (EHR), according to a study published online Aug. 29 in JAMA Network Open.

A. Jay Holmgren, Ph.D., from the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues measured family physician satisfaction with their EHR, EHR usability, and the association of EHR usability with satisfaction and burnout. The analysis included survey responses from 2,067 seeking American Board of Family Medicine recertification in 2022.

The researchers found that 27.2 percent were very satisfied, 37.5 percent were somewhat satisfied, 16.7 percent were somewhat dissatisfied, and 9.6 percent were very dissatisfied with their EHR. The highest usability was seen for readability of information,...

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