Anesthesia Clinical Workload Estimated From Electronic Health Record Documentation vs Billed Relative Value Units.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Accurate measurements of clinical workload are needed to inform health care policy. Existing methods for measuring clinical workload rely on surveys or time-motion studies, which are labor-intensive to collect and subject to biases.

Objective

To compare anesthesia clinical workload estimated from electronic health record (EHR) audit log data vs billed relative value units.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of anesthetic encounters occurring between August 26, 2019, and February 9, 2020, used data from 8 academic hospitals, community hospitals, and surgical centers across Missouri and Illinois. Clinicians who provided anesthetic services for at least 1 surgical encounter were included. Data were analyzed from January 2022 to Januar

SUBMITTER: Lou SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422189 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature