EHR Intelligence May 14, 2021
Christopher Jason

Health systems across the country are integrating EHR documentation assistants to boost EHR documentation and mitigate clinician burnout.

EHR documentation was originally devised to record clinical information as provider notes in real-time during a consultation, evaluation, imaging, or treatment, ultimately to share patient data between providers.

Although the shift from paper to digital EHR documentation produced useful and legible notes, it is a primary cause of clinician burden, due to information overload and more extensive amounts of text that are not always relevant to patient care.

Extensive EHR use and documentation pressure can lead clinicians to carve out a strict weekly routine.

“Certain times during the evenings or on the weekends, I make sure I spend a couple of hours...

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