Researchers analyzed the EHR inboxes of 92 physicians at three large practices in Texas, out of which 19 were primary care physicians and 46 were specialists. In total, researchers went through 276,207 notifications from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2015.
Here are four points:
1. Primary care physicians received a mean of 76.9 notifications per day and 15.5 notifications were related to test results.
2. Specialists received 29.1 total notifications per day and 10.4 notifications were related to test results.
3. Researchers also reported part-time physicians received more notifications in relation to how much time was spent in the office than full-time physicians.
4. Physicians spend approximately 66.8 minutes per day processing notifications from EHR use.
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