Despite recent efforts to reduce the documentation burden in medicine — including the "Patients Over Paperwork" initiative and the 2021 changes to the documentation guidelines for E/M services — a large majority of doctors say they’re still spending too much time and effort on documentation.
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) conducted a survey of health care professionals earlier this year to capture their perceptions about documentation burden. Of the 1,253 responses, 452 were from physicians.
Survey findings
The AMIA plans to conduct the "pulse survey" twice each year — in the spring and fall. The deadline to take the next survey is Sept. 26.
For strategies to help address documentation burden, visit the "Coding & EHR Documentation" section of FPM's "Administrative Simplification" topic collection.
Posted on Sept. 11, 2024 by FPM Editors
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