The new U.S. surgeon general’s advisory, published May 23, gives concrete policy changes and suggestions to a variety of different sub-sectors of the healthcare industry, from payers to policymakers in an attempt to reduce healthcare worker burnout.
Five suggestions given to health tech companies to alleviate workforce burnout:
- EHR companies should work with healthcare workers to design systems that are easy to use, not time-consuming that don’t add to their cognitive load.
- Telehealth and virtual medicine organizations also need to work with healthcare workers to co-design services.
- Design all platforms with interoperability as a key goal, with communication across clinical teams, systems and personnel being simple.
- Health data should be automatically integrated into platforms to provide a more robust image of a patient’s care journey.
- Work toward adopting a standard format for health data storage to ensure seamless access across teams.
