Becker's Healthcare May 22, 2024
Giles Bruce

Leaders at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health are focusing on a common area to reduce physician burnout: the EHR.

The 45-hospital system has been working to reduce clicks and administrative burden in the EHR, with some of the changes so subtle that providers might not even notice.

“We also have to be sure that we’re communicating back and making people realize the things we have changed,” said Heather Spies, MD, physician director of clinician experience and well-being at Sanford Health, in a May 21 health system podcast. “Because sometimes we just have our head to the ground and we’re taking care of our patients, and we think, oh, yeah, I haven’t noticed that BPA [best practice advisory] alert as much...

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