Why All Healthcare Systems Should Hire a Clinical Informaticist

Photo: SDI Productions / Getty Images. Article by Tammy Kwiatkoski.

Data-driven professionals with clinical and IT experience are well suited to address workflow hurdles.

Clinician burnout in the U.S. is a well-documented issue in healthcare, costing roughly $4.6 billion in lost time and staff turnover each year. COVID-19 is further highlighting this concern as providers are asked to treat more patients.

But the problem existed before the pandemic: 40 percent of clinician stress can be directly attributed to the use of electronic health records, according to a 2019 University of New Mexico study.

Often, this is due to the increasing amount of time spent navigating, reading and updating the platforms. Some clinicians and health systems simply accept the status quo because they might not realize the level of efficiencies that are possible.

Fortunately, the growing field of healthcare informatics can help by applying user-centered design methods to a range of critical projects. […]

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