Physician stress and burnout: the impact of health information technology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify how stress related to use of health information technology (HIT) predicts burnout among physicians.

Methods

All 4197 practicing physicians in Rhode Island were surveyed in 2017 on their HIT use. Our main outcome was self-reported burnout. The presence of HIT-related stress was defined by report of at least 1 of the following: poor/marginal time for documentation, moderately high/excessive time spent on the electronic health record (EHR) at home, and agreement that using an EHR adds to daily frustration. We used logistic regression to assess the association between each HIT-related stress measure and burnout, adjusting for respondent demographics, practice characteristics, and the other stress measures.

Results

Of the 1792 physician respondents (4

SUBMITTER: Gardner RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647171 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature