Video Bytes Health Tech's Role in Decreasing Physician Burnout Samara Rosenfeld JULY 03, 2019 It’s no secret that physicians feel that health technologies like electronic health records (EHRs) are fueling burnout . What’s more, burnout has been shown to lead to suboptimal patient care and downstream costs of approximately $4.6 billion a year across an already high-priced U.S. healthcare system. But the technology can also play a pivotal role in the fight against burnout . “I think there are a variety of ways that health technology can help alleviate burnout,” Daniel Durand, M.D., chief innovation officer of Lifebridge Health, told Inside Digital Health ™ at World Health Care Congress 2019 in Washington, D.C. He pointed to telemedicine and virtual visits as an opportunity to help extend the physician’s reach to underserved populations. “If there’s a business model as well as a technological model that can get that done for a physician, the
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