Original Article
Mixing Electronic and Non-Electronic Health Records Limits Physician Productivity - The Arizona Experience
Author(s):
Willaim G Johnson*, Richard J Butler and Gevork Harootunian
Objective: Estimate the effects of electronic health records (EHRs) on physician productivity in day-to-day practice by including the combinations of EHRs with nonelectronic records that typify current practice.
Study Design: Cross section of 7,725 physicians representing 70% of physicians who provided patient care in 2012-2014 in Arizona. The sample was divided into office based (OFB) and non-office based (NOFB) physicians.
Methods: Information from licensing applications was combined with a survey of the uses of electronic and nonelectronic health records. Productivity was measured as patient visits per hour in a typical work week. The effects of EHRs on productivity were estimated from a regression model that compared users to non.. Read More»
DOI: 10.24105/ejbi.2018.14.4.4
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