Please see the attached information sheet about the survey being jointly conducted by HL7 International and ISO TC215 regarding burden and burnout related to Electronic Medical Records and Health Information Technology.
The ideal respondents are:
• Clinicians (physicians, nurses, therapists…) with front-line clinical practice experience.
• Anyone in your country who has studied burden and burnout and may have published their findings.
• Others with knowledge regarding burden/burnout and its impact.
Here’s a questionnaire filling opportunity for clinicians.
ISO/TC 215 WG 1 has a project called ISO/AWI TR 4419 Health informatics — Reducing clinicians burden. This project is developed jointly between ISO and HL7. To inform the work, the project team is undertaking a survey (link at the bottom of this post).
Title of research study: Joint HL7/ISO TC215 Survey for International Representatives regarding
burden and burnout related to Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology
Institution (Research Partners):
• Providence St. Vincent Hospital, Women’s and Children’s Division
• Health Level Seven International (HL7) and the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) Technical Committee 215 (TC215) on Health Informatics
Investigator:
Barry Newman, MD MBA MS
Co-Lead for Joint HL7/ISO TC215 Burden Reduction Project
You are being asked to participate in a research study because of your membership in one of the
Standards Development Organizations that are considering the development of international
standards for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and health information technology (HIT). As a
member of the international community involved with those organizations your knowledge of clinician
burden and burnout may provide insight into common areas of need for how to proceed with such
standards.
A cursory review of the length of progress notes around the world suggests that documentation
burden may be different between the US and other international health systems. It is also apparent
that the impetus for adoption and implementation of EHRs in the international arena has come from
differing backgrounds and histories. Given these differences, the levels of burden and burnout still
appear to be quite high on an international basis, even similar to those in the US.
The purpose of this survey is to clarify the issues of clinician* burden and burnout from an
international perspective, and more specifically to help distinguish country-specific drivers of clinician
burden and other drivers attributable to cross-national clinical practices. The goal of this project is to
identify those causes, and to develop guidelines and/or standards to ameliorate these causes of
burden.
[*for clarity, this is an interdisciplinary effort, and use of the term clinician is meant to include all
healthcare professionals: i.e. nurses, physicians, APP’s, pharmacists and any other providers]
The answers to survey questions may help to elucidate the similarities and overlaps between this
phenomenon that seems to be occurring universally. This will allow us to focus on those similarities to
look for possible means of remediation and improvement that can be addressed our HL7/ISO TC215
Project.
By agreeing to participate in this study you are giving your permission for the study team to collect
information from your responses. The study team will continue to use your information for this study
until it is over. If you change your mind, you can request that the study team stop using your
information; however, information that has been de-identified and can no longer be linked to you at
the time of your request, may continue to be used.
Participation in this study is completely voluntary. You can also stop your participation any time.
Whatever decisions you make, there will be no penalty to you, and no loss of benefits to which you
were otherwise entitled. You may skip any questions you do not want to answer and still remain in the
study.
You will not be paid for participating in this research study.
The potential risks or discomforts of the study are expected to be minimal. While this survey should
not offer substantial risks to you as a participant, it is anticipated that it may take some time and
thought to complete. Total time is estimated to be less than 25 minutes (depending on the detail of
your responses). We will request that you confirm your consent to participate in completing the survey
by answering the question below. This will also be considered your consent to include any of your
responses (in an unidentified manner) in the final published results of the survey.
The research team will take appropriate measures to keep your study information private and secure,
but there is always the potential risk of a loss of confidentiality. The survey has been distributed to you
directly by your organization, and is already anonymized. However, if you would like more information
or would like to be contacted the opportunity is available for you to enter your contact information.
All information collected from you during this study and that can identify you will be kept confidential to
the extent possible. Information will only be shared with members of the study team and individuals at
Providence, the HL7/ISO TC215 Project Team and regulatory agencies responsible for the oversight
of research. Confidentiality will be maintained by means of keeping any identifiable information, even
if voluntarily provided by you, in separate records and will not be shared with any project researchers
unless absolutely necessary for the progress of the study. No information that could identify you will
be included in any publications resulting from the research.
Identifiable private information collected during this study will NOT be used for future research even if
identifiers are removed.
If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about the research study you can contact or talk to
Barry Newman, the principal investigator, via email: < barrymnewman@gmail.com > or via cell phone
at (US) 503-467-8157.
If you have any questions about your rights while participating in this study, or if you have any
concerns regarding the conduct of this study, you may also contact the Providence St. Joseph Health
Human Research Protection Program Office at IRBSharedServices@providence.org or (US) 425-525-
3003.
By proceeding you are confirming that you are 18 years of age or older, have read the above
information and that you voluntarily give your consent to participate in this study. You may save or
print a copy of this information sheet for your records.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation and consideration in participating.
Please click on the link to take the survey: https://appsor.providence.org/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=llKH6m840
