Primary Care Physicians Reportedly Spend A Median Of 16 Minutes Per Day On EHR Tasks During PTO

Primary care physicians (PCPs) typically spend a median of 16.1 minutes in their electronic health record (EHR) system 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.

The research did show that longer durations of time off were associated with decreased EHR engagement per day. Physicians had some EHR use during a median of 50.0% of days of shorter time off durations, defined as from two to five days, and . . .