Digital Health Increases Clinician Workload And Stress
A 2025 review by Corinne Isnard-Bagnis et al in Journal of Medical Internet Research evaluates how health information technologies (HIT)—including EHRs, mobile apps, and generative AI—affect health care professionals. The authors identify time demands, training needs, new responsibilities, burnout drivers, and AI-related cognitive overload. They recommend multidisciplinary workflows, specialty-specific tools, and proportionate EHR use to mitigate clinician burden and improve HIT acceptability.
Key Points
- 1Identify EHRs, apps, and AI as drivers of clinician exhaustion, depersonalization, and workload increases.
- 2Explain that AI adds complexity, requiring new skills, increasing clinicians' cognitive load and workplace stress.
- 3Recommend multidisciplinary workflows, specialty-specific tools, and proportionate EHR use to reduce clinician burden.
Scoring Rationale
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed synthesis raises awareness across healthcare, but offers limited novel evidence or transformative solutions.
Sources
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