Becker's Healthcare February 5, 2024
Primary care physicians have become “increasingly tethered” to their patient portal inboxes, illustrating the need for health systems to solve EHR burnout, a new study found.
From the year before the pandemic to the most recent study year (April 2022 to March 2023), the average primary care physician spent an additional 28 minutes per eight hours of scheduled time in the EHR, 23 more minutes on orders, 14 more minutes in inboxes, seven more minutes on chart reviews, and three more minutes on notes, according to the January study in the Annals of Family Medicine. Physicians also spent more time working outside scheduled hours (six minutes) and on days off (14 more...
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