Physicians’ well-being linked to in-basket messages generated by algorithms in electronic health records

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1073-1078

  Tai Seale, Ming ^a,b   Dillon, Ellis C ^c   Yang, Yan ^c   Nordgren, Robert ^d   Steinberg, Ruth L ^c   Nauenberg, Teresa ^c   Lee, Tim C ^c   Meehan, Amy ^c   Li, Jinnan ^c   Chan, Albert Solomon ^e,f   Frosch, Dominick L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group   (United States)

^e SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; SATISFACTION; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD; ALGORITHM; CALIFORNIA; E-MAIL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85069269039     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05509     Document Type: Article

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