Top Ways EHR Use is Contributing to Clinician Burnout, Hospitalist Research Podcast, 2021 Candello Annual Benchmarking Report, and More

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EHRs are designed as transactional systems, not able to consider human factors.

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MDs average 4,000 EHR keystrokes in a 10-hour shift

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Clinicians spend six hours per day in the EHR; ~1.5 “after hours”.

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Many MDs manage more than 2,000 patients in their panels.

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Most EHRs fail to account for a true clinical workflow, resulting in missed capture of key information.

Read more: Future of Electronic Health Records: Supporting Clinicians and Patients

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