Primary care physicians spend a significant amount of time on work in their electronic health records, even when they decrease the number of appointments they schedule with patients, according to new research published in Health Affairs. Physicians who cut back appointments saw their visit volume decline by 32.6% compared with other doctors. But their EHR time fell by just 21.2% — meaning the number of minutes spent in their records systems actually increased per visit by more than 20%, according to the study.
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Source: https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/primary-care-physicians-ehr-work-visit-volume-health-affairs/811403/