Monday, December 21, 2020

Study: Average primary care visit lasts 18 minutes

Study: Average primary care visit lasts 18 minutes

A study that analyzed 21 million primary care visits in 2017 using EHR time stamps found average patient visits were 18 minutes in length and 1.2 minutes longer than scheduled, researchers reported in the journal Medical Care. A study in JAMA Internal Medicine found US clinicians spent an average 90 minutes daily using an EHR, while clinicians in other countries spent about an hour.

Full Story: Healthcare IT News (12/17) 


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