Analyses of electronic health records utilization in a large community hospital

Gautam Verma, Alexander Ivanov, Francis Benn, Anil Rathi, Nathaniel Tran, Ashwad Afzal, Parag Mehta and John F Heitner

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: Introduction: The Electronic Health Record (EHR) has become an integral component of healthcare delivery. Survey based studies have estimated that physicians spend 4–6 hours of their workday devoted to EHR. Our study was designed to use computer software to objectively obtain time spent on EHR. Methods: We recorded EHR time for 248 physiciansover 2 time intervals. EHR active use was defined as more than 15 keystrokes, or 3 mouse clicks, or 1700 "mouse miles" per minute. We recorded total time and % of work hours spent on EHR, and differences in those based on seniority. Physicians reported duty hours using a standardized toolkit. Results: Physicians spent 3.8 (±2) hours on EHR daily, which accounted for 37% (±17%), 41% (±14%), and 45% (±12%) of their day for all clinicians, residents, and interns, respectively. With the progression of training, there was a reduction in EHR time (all p values

Date: 2020
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