Association of Electronic Health Record Use With Physician Fatigue and Efficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The use of electronic health records (EHRs) is directly associated with physician burnout. An underlying factor associated with burnout may be EHR-related fatigue owing to insufficient user-centered interface design and suboptimal usability.

Objective

To examine the association between EHR use and fatigue, as measured by pupillometry, and efficiency, as measured by mouse clicks, time, and number of EHR screens, among intensive care unit (ICU) physicians completing a simulation activity in a prominent EHR.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional, simulation-based EHR usability assessment of a leading EHR system was conducted from March 20 to April 5, 2018, among 25 ICU physicians and physician trainees at a southeastern US academic medical center

SUBMITTER: Khairat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7284310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature