Becker's Healthcare September 9, 2019
Jackie Drees

To alleviate EHR-induced burnout, clinicians should allot time when not seeing patients to learn system efficiencies to “tame the electronic beast,” according to family medicine physician R. Zorba Paster, MD, of SSM Health Dean Medical Group in Madison, Wis.

In an op-ed column for the Wisconsin State Journal, Dr. Paster said that as average human life expectancy continues to increase, more medical data has become available. While EHRs have been able to help clinicians sort through copious amounts of patient data, the technology has presented concerns among both clinicians and patients regarding workflow and patient care.

For clinicians, academic studies have shown that many have felt overwhelmed using the EHR and that it slows down their workflow, according to Dr....

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