Physicians Practice December 10, 2025
A December JAMA study examines what happens when physicians get built-in time for inbox work.
A new study in JAMA Network Open takes a close look at a simple but increasingly popular idea in physician practices: setting aside protected time during the workday for electronic health record (EHR) tasks.
Instead of pushing inbox work into nights and weekends, one ambulatory network reserved a dedicated appointment slot each half day for activities such as patient messaging, prescription refills and prior authorizations. Researchers tracked what happened to productivity, after-hours work and message volume over nearly three years.
The results suggest that small scheduling changes can have an outsized impact on physician workload. After-hours and weekend...
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