Characterizing physician EHR use with vendor derived data: a feasibility study and cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To derive 7 proposed core electronic health record (EHR) use metrics across 2 healthcare systems with different EHR vendor product installations and examine factors associated with EHR time.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional analysis of ambulatory physicians EHR use across the Yale-New Haven and MedStar Health systems was performed for August 2019 using 7 proposed core EHR use metrics normalized to 8 hours of patient scheduled time.

Results

Five out of 7 proposed metrics could be measured in a population of nonteaching, exclusively ambulatory physicians. Among 573 physicians (Yale-New Haven N = 290, MedStar N = 283) in the analysis, median EHR-Time8 was 5.23 hours. Gender, additional clinical hours scheduled, and certain medical specialties were associ

SUBMITTER: Melnick ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8279798 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature