Becker's Healthcare March 11, 2020
Physician burnout is a major concern in the United States. In 2018, researchers with Medscape surveyed 15,543 physicians across 29 specialties. Over one third (42 percent) reported being burned out and 56 percent indicated that a high volume of bureaucratic tasks, like charting and paperwork, contributed to their burnout.
Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with Tim Ruff, vice president of solutions management at 3M Health Information Systems, now together with M*Modal, about ways that technology can address the physician burnout problem. He discussed how new solutions are reducing the amount of time clinicians must spend in front of EHRs and billing systems and increasing the amount of time available for patient care.
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