Publication date: Nov 04, 2024

In the context of a growing volume of electronic health record (EHR)-based work and post-COVID-19 pandemic staffing pressures, health system leaders need an up-to-date understanding of changes in family physicians’ experiences of burnout, determinants of burnout, and how to enhance the family physicians’ experience. To evaluate the association of family physicians’ perceptions of team structure and EHR experiences with burnout and identify modifiable practice structure factors associated with team and EHR experiences. A serial cross-sectional survey study was conducted from December 1, 2016, to October 24, 2023. Participants included family physicians seeking continuous certification through the American Board of Family Medicine. Yearly prevalence of burnout, perceived team efficiency, perceived EHR proficiency, and perceived EHR time were the outcomes. Multivariable logistic regression models subsequently assessed associations of team- and EHR-related experiences with burnout and the association between practice structure and staffing features in team efficiency and EHR time. The study included 10 315 physicians who answered the subset of questions related to burnout on the American Board of Family Medicine’s Continuous Certification Questionnaire between 2017 and 2023. Among the sample, 5584 respondents (54. 1%) were male, and the median age was 50 (IQR, 43-58) years. The proportion of physicians reporting burnout ranged from 37. 9% in 2017 to a peak of 42. 8% in 2022, which did not represent a significant temporal trend (P = . 91). Appropriate home EHR use was associated with 0. 58 (95% CI, 0. 53-0. 64; P 

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