![]() ![]() Outside office hours, physicians spend another 1 to 2 hours of personal time each night doing additional computer and other clerical work. ![]() The descriptive study design did not support formal statistical comparisons by physician and practice characteristics.Ĭonclusion: For every hour physicians provide direct clinical face time to patients, nearly 2 additional hours is spent on EHR and desk work within the clinic day. Limitations: Data were gathered in self-selected, high-performing practices and may not be generalizable to other settings. The 21 physicians who completed after-hours diaries reported 1 to 2 hours of after-hours work each night, devoted mostly to EHR tasks. While in the examination room with patients, physicians spent 52.9% of the time on direct clinical face time and 37.0% on EHR and desk work. Results: During the office day, physicians spent 27.0% of their total time on direct clinical face time with patients and 49.2% of their time on EHR and desk work. Measurements: Proportions of time spent on 4 activities (direct clinical face time, electronic health record and desk work, administrative tasks, and other tasks) and self-reported after-hours work. physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, and orthopedics who were observed for 430 hours, 21 of whom also completed after-hours diaries. ambulatory care in 4 specialties in 4 states (Illinois, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Washington). Objective: To describe how physician time is spent in ambulatory practice.ĭesign: Quantitative direct observational time and motion study (during office hours) and self-reported diary (after hours). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialtiesīy Christine Sinsky, MD Lacey Colligan, MD Ling Li, PhD Mirela Prgomet, PhD Sam Reynolds, MBA Lindsey Goeders, MBA Johanna Westbrook, PhD Michael Tutty, PhD and George Blike, MDĪnnals of Internal Medicine, September 6, 2016īackground: Little is known about how physician time is allocated in ambulatory care. ![]()
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