Outpatient physicians spend more time doing desk work, interacting with electronic health records than on face-to-face interactions with patients.Ann Intern Med. 2016 Sep 6; [Epub ahead of print].
Allocation of physician time in ambulatory practice: a time and motion study in four specialties.
Time spent with the electronic health record and performing administrative tasks has been linked to physician burnout, an important patient safety problem. This study used direct observation and time diaries to characterize the work of outpatient physicians. Investigators found that physicians spent substantially more time on desk work and using the electronic health record than interacting with patients face-to-face.
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