Perceived Value of the Electronic Health Record and Its Association with Physician Burnout

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a common belief that seniority and gender are associated with clinicians' perceptions of the value of electronic health record (EHR) technology and the propensity for burnout. Insufficient evidence exists on the relationship between these variables. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate how seniority/years of practice, gender, and screened burnout status are associated with opinions of EHR use on quality, cost, and efficiency of care. METHODS: = 0.0167 for significance to protect against type I error among multiple comparisons. RESULTS: = 127, 45%). CONCLUSION: Burnout status is significantly associated with clinicians' perceived value of EHR technologies, while years of practice and gender are not. This contests the popular notion that junior clinicians view EHR technology more favorably than their more senior counterparts. Hence, burnout status may be an important factor associated with the overall value clinicians ascribe to EHR technologies.

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