As healthcare organisations worldwide deal with huge patient backlogs from the COVID crisis, clinicians are at increasing risk of being over-stressed and over-worked.
The burden of documentation
In addition to reducing job satisfaction, clinician burnout can have a detrimental impact on the quality of patient care.
A recent British Medical Association (BMA) COVID-19 tracker survey found that 40% of doctors suffer from work-related stress, burnout and anxiety.
“One of the major contributors to frustration and feelings of burnout is the amount of administrative time healthcare workers have to spend documenting their work. That’s not the only reason, but that is certainly part of the frustration,†explains Sandeep Wadhwa, global chief medical officer at 3M Health Information Systems…
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