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Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialties
Direct observation of 57 ambulatory physicians across family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, and orthopedics found that physicians spend 27.0% of their office time on direct patient face time and 49.2% on EHR and desk work. The study established that for every hour of clinical face time, nearly two additional hours go to EHR and clerical work inside the clinic day, plus 1-2 hours each evening.
View Resource PaperTethered to the EHR: Primary Care Physician Workload Assessment Using EHR Event Log Data and Time-Motion Observations
Combined event-log analysis and direct observation of family-medicine physicians showed clerical and administrative tasks account for 44.2% of total EHR time (157 minutes per workday), including documentation, order entry, billing and coding, and system security. Authors concluded primary-care EHR workload is on its own a major contributor to provider burnout, separate from the patient-care portion of the day.
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