Only One Quarter of Family Physicians Are Very Satisfied with Their Electronic Health Records Platform.

J Am Board Fam Med

From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (NH, RLP, AWB); Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, Washington, DC (NH, RLP, AWB).

Published: October 2024

Two decades into the era of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), the promise of streamlining clinical care, reducing burden, and improving patient outcomes has yet to be realized. A cross-sectional family physician census conducted by the American Board of Family Medicine in 2022 and 2023 included self-reported physician EHR satisfaction. Of the nearly 10,000 responding family physicians, only one-in-four (26.2%) report being very satisfied and one-in-three (33.8%) were not satisfied. These low levels of satisfaction point to the need for greater transparency in the marketplace and pressure to increase user-centric EHR design.

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