Reply To: Week 4 Topic 1: Health Information Exchange

[Kevin Zam]

According to the article by Muhiyaddin R, et al., the six main problems causing Physicians’ Burnout are EHRs’ documentation and related tasks such as note taking and electronic communication in EHRs, EHRs’ poor design, workload, work overtime, inbox alerts, and alert fatigue.
Yes, I’ve heard similar complaints. Many health officers say that using EMR takes more time than expected, especially when the system is slow or complicated. Some prefer paper records because they feel faster during busy clinic hours. In Myanmar, where internet and electricity can be unstable, EMR use can add several extra stress instead of helping, it create extra workload addition to papar records.
Suggestions might include using offline EHR with simplified user-friendly design (maybe using a lot of drop-down lists), providing training prior to physicians, and hiring data-entry assistants for physicians.