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Physician stress and burnout: the impact of health information technology

R. L. Gardner, Emily Cooper, Jacqueline Haskell, +4 · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Objective: To quantify how stress related to use of health information technology (HIT) predicts burnout among physicians. Methods: All 4197 practicing physicians in Rhode Island were surveyed in 2017 on their HIT use. Our main outcome was…

ChatGPT: the future of discharge summaries?

Sajan B Patel, Kyle Lam · The Lancet Digital Health

ChatGPT (Open AI, San Francisco, CA, USA) has taken the world by storm.1Open AI ChatGPT: Optimizing language models for dialogue. OpenAI, 2022https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/Date accessed: December 27, 2022Google Scholar Released to the…

The Influence of Electronic Health Record Use on Physician Burnout: Cross-Sectional Survey

Tania Tajirian, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Gillian Strudwick, +6 · Journal of Medical Internet Research

BACKGROUND: Physician burnout has a direct impact on the delivery of high-quality health care, with health information technology tools such as electronic health records (EHRs) adding to the burden of practice inefficiencies. OBJECTIVE…

Ambient artificial intelligence scribes: physician burnout and perspectives on usability and documentation burden

Shreya Shah, Anna Devon-Sand, P. Stephen, +11 · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the pilot implementation of ambient AI scribe technology to assess physician perspectives on usability and the impact on physician burden and burnout. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective quality…

The Association Between Perceived Electronic Health Record Usability and Professional Burnout Among US Physicians

Edward R. Melnick, Liselotte N. Dyrbye, Christine A. Sinsky, +5 · Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between US and Non-US Health Systems

A Jay Holmgren, N. Lance Downing, David W. Bates, +6 · JAMA Internal Medicine

Importance: Understanding how the electronic health record (EHR) system changes clinician work, productivity, and well-being is critical. Little is known regarding global variation in patterns of use. Objective: To provide insights into…

Using ChatGPT-4 to Create Structured Medical Notes From Audio Recordings of Physician-Patient Encounters: Comparative Study

Annessa Kernberg, Jeffrey A. Gold, Vishnu Mohan · Journal of Medical Internet Research

BACKGROUND: Medical documentation plays a crucial role in clinical practice, facilitating accurate patient management and communication among health care professionals. However, inaccuracies in medical notes can lead to miscommunication…

Association of Electronic Health Record Design and Use Factors With Clinician Stress and Burnout

Philip J Kroth, Nancy Morioka-Douglas, Sharry Veres, +6 · JAMA Network Open

Importance: Many believe a major cause of the epidemic of clinician burnout is poorly designed electronic health records (EHRs). Objectives: To determine which EHR design and use factors are associated with clinician stress and burnout and…

ChatGPT Utility in Healthcare Education, Research, and Practice: Systematic Review on the Promising Perspectives and Valid Concerns.

Sallam M. · PMID 36981544

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based conversational large language model (LLM). The potential applications of LLMs in health care education, research, and practice could be promising if the associated valid concerns are…

Factors contributing to healthcare professional burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid turnaround global survey.

Morgantini LA, Naha U, Wang H, +9 · PMID 32881887

<h4>Background</h4>Healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the front lines against COVID-19 may face increased workload and stress. Understanding HCPs' risk for burnout is critical to supporting HCPs and maintaining the quality of healthcare…

Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Shanafelt TD, West CP, Dyrbye LN, +5 · PMID 36229269

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the prevalence of burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration (WLI) in US physicians at the end of 2021, roughly 21 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, with comparison to 2020, 2017, 2014, and…

The imperative for regulatory oversight of large language models (or generative AI) in healthcare.

Meskó B, Topol EJ. · PMID 37414860

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to the development of sophisticated large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 and Bard. The potential implementation of LLMs in healthcare settings has already garnered…

Resilience and Burnout Among Physicians and the General US Working Population.

West CP, Dyrbye LN, Sinsky C, +5 · PMID 32614425

<h4>Importance</h4>The prevalence of physician burnout is well documented, and resilience training has been proposed as an option to support physician well-being. However, the resilience of physicians compared with that of the US working…

Use of a Large Language Model to Assess Clinical Acuity of Adults in the Emergency Department.

Williams CYK, Zack T, Miao BY, +4 · PMID 38713466

<h4>Importance</h4>The introduction of large language models (LLMs), such as Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4; OpenAI), has generated significant interest in health care, yet studies evaluating their performance in a clinical…

Prevalence and correlates of stress and burnout among U.S. healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national cross-sectional survey study.

Prasad K, McLoughlin C, Stillman M, +9 · PMID 34041456

<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 has put extraordinary stress on healthcare workers. Few studies have evaluated stress by worker role, or focused on experiences of women and people of color.<h4>Methods</h4>The "Coping with COVID" survey…

Clinician Experiences With Ambient Scribe Technology to Assist With Documentation Burden and Efficiency.

Duggan MJ, Gervase J, Schoenbaum A, +4 · PMID 39969880

<h4>Importance</h4>Timely evaluation of ambient scribing technology is warranted to assess whether this technology can lessen the burden of clinical documentation on clinicians.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association of ambient…