Healthcare IT Today June 30, 2021
The following is a guest article by Amy Heymans, Founder and Chief Experience Officer, Mad*Pow.
Electronic Healthcare Records were supposed to be the wave of the future, allowing clinicians more time to spend with patients, and offering individuals access to their personal health data. But is it working the way we intended?
Clinician burnout, and its tie to mental health, has long been a top concern in the healthcare industry. This insidious problem worsened exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic and is threatening not only the wellbeing of clinicians and caregivers themselves but ultimately the patients in their care as well. The strain of this unprecedented emergency is piled on top of stressors that have been plaguing the healthcare industry for...