Time Requirements of Paper-Based Clinical Workflows and After-Hours Documentation in a Multispecialty Academic Ophthalmology Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess time requirements for patient encounters and estimate after-hours demands of paper-based clinical workflows in ophthalmology.

Design

Time-and-motion study with a structured survey.

Methods

This study was conducted in a single academic ophthalmology department. A convenience sample consisted of 7 attending ophthalmologists from 6 subspecialties observed during 414 patient encounters for the time-motion analysis and 12 attending ophthalmologists for the survey. Outcome measurements consisted of total time spent by attending ophthalmologists per patient and time spent on documentation, examination, and talking with patients. The survey assessed time requirements of documentation-related activities performed outside of scheduled clinic hours.

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SUBMITTER: Baxter SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755078 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature