Evaluating the Prevalence of Burnout Among Health Care Professionals Related to Electronic Health Record Use: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Background: Burnout among health care professionals is a significant concern, with detrimental effects on health care service quality and patient outcomes. The use of the electronic health record (EHR) system has been identified as a significant contributor to burnout among health care professionals. Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the prevalence of burnout among health care professionals associated with the use of the EHR system, thereby providing evidence to improve health information systems and develop strategies to measure and mitigate burnout. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search of the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases for English-language peer-reviewed articles published between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2022. Two independent reviewers applied inclusion and exclusion criteria, and study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Meta-analyses were performed using R (version 4.1.3; R Foundation for Statistical Computing), with EndNote X7 (Clarivate) for reference management. Results: The review included 32 cross-sectional studies and 5 case-control studies with a total of 66,556 participants, mainly physicians and registered nurses. The pooled prevalence of burnout among health care professionals in cross-sectional studies was 40.4% (95% CI 37.5%-43.2%). Case-control studies indicated a higher likelihood of burnout among health care professionals who spent more time on EHR-related tasks outside work (odds ratio 2.43, 95% CI 2.31-2.57). Conclusions: The findings highlight the association between the increased use of the EHR system and burnout among health care professionals. Potential solutions include optimizing EHR systems, implementing automated dictation or note-taking, employing scribes to reduce documentation burden, and leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance EHR system efficiency and reduce the risk of burnout. Trial Registration: PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42021281173; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021281173
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A reduction in documentation burden would improve physician burnout and overall patient care.
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Clinical documentation burden and excessive bureaucratic tasks are leading contributors to HCP burnout.
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Burnout among HCPs is closely linked to documentation burden and extensive EHR use.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Powered Documentation Systems in Healthcare: A Systematic Review
Bracken, A., Reilly, C., Feeley, A., Sheehan, E., Merghani, K., & Feeley, I. (2025) · Journal of Medical Systems · doi:10.1007/s10916-025-02157-4 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
“AI based tools are poised to improve clinical documentation workflow and efficiency [2].”
InfluentialClinical AI Scribes in primary care: accuracy, error severity and implications for clinical practice
Draper, T. C., Cox, T., Lamb-Riddell, K., Moretti, L. A., McCormick, J., Trowell, S., Kiely, J., & Luxton, R. (2025) · BMJ Digital Health & AI · doi:10.1136/bmjdhai-2025-000092 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
- Authors
- Wu, Y., Wu, M., Wang, C., Lin, J., Liu, J., & Liu, S.
- Affiliations
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Jialin
- Venue
- JMIR Medical Informatics
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2024-06-12
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- e54811
- ISSN
- 2291-9694 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC11208837
- OpenAlex
- W4394886516
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 59 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 6.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- JMIR Medical Informatics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- burnout, electronic health records, healthcare workers, prevalence, physicians, registered nurses, documentation burden, scribes, artificial intelligence, health information systems
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