Primary Care Physicians Typically Spend 16.1 Minutes Of Each Vacation Day On EHR Tasks

Primary care physicians (PCPs) typically spend a median of 16.1 minutes in their electronic health record system (EHR) per day of paid time off (PTO), according to recent research. For these PCPs, a median of 39.0% of PTO days had at least some EHR use, and 19.0% experienced over 30 minutes per day.

Recommendations include implementing strategies to minimize EHR-related tasks during PTO and developing interventions to support disconnecting from work during PTO.

Longer durations of time off were associated with decreased EHR engagement per day. Physicians had some EHR use during a median of 50 . . .