Home Research Research Library Only One Quarter of Family Physicians Are Very Satisfied with Their Electronic Health Records Platform Only One Quarter of Family Physicians Are Very Satisfied with Their Electronic Health Records Platform 2024 Author(s) Hendrix, Nathaniel, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), and JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Two decades into the era of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), the promise of streamlining clinical care, reducing burden, and improving patient outcomes has yet to be realized. A cross-sectional family physician census conducted by the American Board of Family Medicine in 2022 and 2023 included self-reported physician EHR satisfaction. Of the nearly 10,000 responding family physicians, only one-in-four (26.2%) report being very satisfied and one-in-three (33.8%) were not satisfied. These low levels of satisfaction point to the need for greater transparency in the marketplace and pressure to increase user-centric EHR design. ABFM Research Read all 2017 Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians Go to Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2023 Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices Go to Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices 2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?
Author(s) Hendrix, Nathaniel, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), and JABFM Policy Brief Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2017 Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians Go to Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2023 Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices Go to Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices 2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?
2017 Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians Go to Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians
2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices
2023 Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices Go to Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices
2021 Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care? Go to Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Reclaiming Relationships in Primary Care?