Clinic Days with Telemedicine, In-Person Visits Increases EHR Work for PCPs

HCP Live April 29, 2024
Connor Iapoce

A combination of telemedicine and in-person visits led to a nearly 6% increase in electronic health record work for primary care physicians.

A new cross-sectional study found clinic days with telemedicine and in-person visits led primary care physicians (PCPs) to experience 5 to 6% more electronic health record (EHR)-based work.¹

However, on more than 300 PCPs and nearly 68,000 PCP-day observations, the work did not continue into next-day documentation, meaning the physicians absorbed added time into their workload during mixed-modality days.

“Greater EHR time may be due to increased multitasking during telemedicine visits, as PCPs simultaneously engage with patients and the EHR during telemedicine visits in ways that are not possible in person,” wrote the investigative team led by Nate...

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