Using Electronic Health Records to Mitigate Workplace Burnout Among Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Field Study in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide in 2020. Notably, in the countries dealing with massive casualties, clinicians have worked in new conditions characterized by a heavy workload and a high risk of being infected. The issue of clinician burnout during the pandemic has attracted considerable attention in health care research. Electronic health records (EHRs) provide health care workers with several features to meet a health system's clinical needs.

Objective

We aim to examine how the use of EHR features affects the burnout of clinicians working in hospitals that have special wards for confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Methods

Using an online survey, we collected data from 368 physicians, physician assistants, and nurses working in six hospitals that have implemen

SUBMITTER: Esmaeilzadeh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176947 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature