Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019: A National Study

Adam Gaffney; Stephanie Woolhandler; Christopher Cai; David Bor; Jessica Himmelstein; Danny McCormick; David U Himmelstein

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0372

Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019: A National Study

JAMA Intern Med. 2022 May 1;182(5):564-566. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0372.

Authors

Adam Gaffney^{1

2}, Stephanie Woolhandler^{1

2

3

4}, Christopher Cai⁵, David Bor^{1

2}, Jessica Himmelstein^{1

2}, Danny McCormick^{1

2}, David U Himmelstein^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Hunter College, City University of New York, New York.
⁴ Public Citizen Health Research Group, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the 2019 National Electronic Health Records Survey to assess the burden and time spent on medical documentation outside office hours among US physicians.

MeSH terms

Documentation*
Humans
Office Visits
Physicians' Offices
Physicians*
United States