The impact of e-prescribing on prescriber and staff time in ambulatory care clinics: a time motion study.
Electronic prescribing has improved the quality and safety of care. One barrier preventing widespread adoption is the potential detrimental impact on workflow. We used time-motion techniques to compare prescribing times at three ambulatory care sites that used paper-based prescribing, desktop, or laptop e-prescribing. An observer timed all prescriber (n = 27) and staff (n = 42) tasks performed during a 4-hour period. At the sites with optional e-prescribing >75% of [...]
Author(s): Hollingworth, William, Devine, Emily Beth, Hansen, Ryan N, Lawless, Nathan M, Comstock, Bryan A, Wilson-Norton, Jennifer L, Tharp, Kathleen L, Sullivan, Sean D
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2377