What is the association of clinician sex, the electronic health record (EHR), and work culture with clinician burnout? This JAMA article analyzed over 1300 clinicians in outpatient and tertiary academic center physician’s wellbeing survey and EMR usage. Women reported more burnout (No wonder see above article) at 52% vs. 48% for men. EMR contributed higher burnout in model variant but much lower rate than work culture domains like less commitment, poor teamwork, and work-life balance. As people used EMR longer, there was less burnout. After work EMR usage, being a female physician, clinical volume metrics, patient types, time spent, or time consumed in in-basket messages did not show any significance. However, another article in JAMA in May reported different findings. Physicians reporting ≤ 5 hours weekly of after-hours charting were twice as likely to report lower burnout scores than those charting ≥6 hours (OR: 2.43, 95% CI: 2.30, 2.57).
Clinician Burnout Associated with Sex, Clinician Type, Work Culture, and Use of Electronic Health Records