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Pro fe ssio na l Burno ut
46% o f US physic ia ns e xpe rie nc e sympto ms o f b urno ut in
2011
By 2014, b urno ut ra te s ha d e sc a la te d to 54% a mo ng
physic ia ns e ve n tho ug h ra te s a mo ng o the r wo rking US a dults re ma ine d ste a dy
E
spe c ia lly a mo ng E R physic ia ns, inte rnists, ne uro lo g ists, F P
34% o f ho spita l nurse s, 37% o f nursing ho me nurse s re po rt
b urno ut c o mpa re d with 22% o f nurse s wo rking in o the r he a lth se tting s
Ho w T e c hno lo g y Co ntrib ute s to Burno ut
E
R physic ia ns spe nd 44% o f the ir da y do ing da ta e ntry, o nly 28% o f time is spe nt with pa tie nts
Whe n in the e xa m ro o m with pts PCPs spe nd fro m 25% to 50% o f
the ir time a tte nd ing to the c o mpute r
At a VA d uring a o ne ye a r pe rio d , PCPs spe nt 49 minute s pe r d a y
re spo nd ing to inb o x a le rts in a d d itio n to d o c ume nta tio n. One ha lf o f suc h a le rts ha ve little c linic a l sig nific a nc e , o ve r 80% o f the te xt in the a le rts we re unne c e ssa ry
Physic ia ns re po rte d up to 2 ho urs o f a fte r-ho urs wo rk e a c h nig ht,
mo stly d e vo te d to E HR ta sks
A 2013 surve y o f 30 physic ia n pra c tic e s fo und tha t E
HR te c hno lo g y ha s wo rse ne d pro fe ssio na l sa tisfa c tio n thro ug h time c o nsuming d a ta e ntry a nd inte rfe re nc e with pa tie nt c a re
Quo te s o n Burno ut
“I
a m no lo ng e r a physic ia n b ut the da ta ma na g e r, da ta e ntry c le rk a nd ste no g irl… I b e c a me a do c to r to ta ke c a re o f pa tie nts. I ha ve b e c o me the typist.”
“I
re a lize d tha t my b e lo ve d pro fe ssio n wa s b e ing turne d upside do wn b y te c hno lo g y.”
“I
t c o uld b e wo rse . . . I c o uld b e yo ung e r.”
