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Have you got the time? Challenges using vendor electronic health record metrics of provider efficiency

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The rise of clinician burnout has been correlated with the increased adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). Some vendors have used data entry logs to measure the amount of time spent using the EHR and have developed metrics of provider efficiency. Initial attempts to utilize these data have proven difficult as it is not always apparent whether variations reflect provider behavior or simply the metric definitions. Metric definitions are also updated intermittently without warning, making longitudinal assessment problematic. Because the metrics are based on proprietary algorithms, they are impossible to validate without costly time-motion studies and are also difficult to compare across institutions and vendors. Clinical informaticians must partner with vendors in order to develop industry standards of EHR use, which could then be used to examine the impact of EHRs on clinician burnout.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocz222

Authors: Jonathan D Hron, Eli Lourie

Institutions: Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Electronic Health Records Systems

Subfield: Health Information Management

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3006426907

FWCI: 3.72

Cites: 7

Cited by: 27

Related to: 10