Only One Quarter of Family Physicians Are Very Satisfied with Their Electronic Health Records Platform

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

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.

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