- 1. High Volume and Risk: Physicians input 50-70 orders per inpatient, totaling over 50,000 annually for many hospitalists. Despite EMR support, this workload increases error risks.
- 2. Physician Strain: High-pressure accuracy demands lead to burnout and mental strain. Even small errors face scrutiny, while major ones have devastating consequences.
- 3. Phrasefire Medical Solution: Phrasefire reduces errors and saves time with a customizable platform tailored to each physician’s needs, improving safety and efficiency in care.
On the inpatient side every admitted patient requires between 50-70 orders to be input. This is one thing that has been made easier by the EMR. No more scribbling down repetitively on order sheets.
Let’s say the hospitalist admits between 6-8 patients daily, about 1/2 of the year is spent at work, 182 days. That is 1092 to 1456 patients per year, or 54,600 to 72,800 orders placed on the low end if we assume 50 orders per patient.
That is a lot of orders and keystrokes to input with the expectation of low or nonexistent error.
Inpatient physician errors impact patient morbidity, mortality. They impact our collective physician psyche as well.
Physicians are under extremely high pressure to perform as we optimize patients for stroke, htn, mi, etc. Any action done >50,000 times will produce errors. Extrapolating these numbers to the total number of physicians in the US and the world is impactful.
Phrasefire Medical was born out of this pressure cooker situation.
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**This post and information contained in the platform is not a recommendation to treat specific patients. The information is useful to attendings, residents and students under supervision for educational reference.
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