VA study: EHRs tailored toward specialists, creating more barriers for primary care providers

Becker's Healthcare June 22, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

EHRs are designed with specialists’ needs in mind, which exacerbates challenges for primary care providers and may impede patient safety, according to a May 25 study published in the journal Human Factors.

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis analyzed research on the topic published between 2012 and 2020.

Five things to know:

1. A primary care provider has more than 93 patient encounters in a week and may have 2,367 patients under their care, according to a 2019 report in The Washington Post. Lack of provider-facing EHRs may increase a provider’s perception of patient load and lead to burnout.
2. The study reviewed 1,054 studies on the topic and narrowed it...

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