mHealth Intelligence April 30, 2024
Days when both telehealth and in-person primary care were provided were linked to significant increases in active EHR and documentation time, new research shows.
New research reveals that days when primary care physicians (PCPs) only provided telehealth did not increase their EHR-based work; however, on days when they provided both telehealth and in-person care, their EHR-based work increased by around 6 percent.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study assessed whether administrative and EHR burdens increase for clinicians using both telehealth and in-person care. Telehealth skyrocketed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person care services were restricted. However, as in-person care resumed, surveys revealed an enduring preference for in-person care.
One survey that polled 2,202 United States adults...
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