How Team Structures Impact Primary Care Physicians' EHR Time

Presentation Time: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

Abstract Keywords: Workflow, Qualitative Methods, Healthcare Quality
Primary Track: Foundations
Programmatic Theme: Clinical Research Informatics

Primary care physicians (PCP) spend the most time in the electronic health record (EHR) of any specialty, which is associated with PCP burnout. We used mixed methods to explore the variation in clinical teams across 14 primary care sites and characterize the influence of team structure on PCP EHR time. Our quantitative data showed having set teams is associated with less EHR time, while the qualitative data highlighted the need for consistent staffing.

Speaker(s):
Estelle Martin


Author(s):
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, MSc - UCSF; Estelle Martin; Christine Iannaccone, MPH - Brigham and Women's Hospital; John Lewis, MD - Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital; Lance Rachelefsky, MS - Brigham and Women's Hospital; Richard Gitomer, MD - MDlive; Christine Sinsky, MD - American Medical Association; Erin Sullivan, PhD - Harvard Medical School;