Improving physician note entry rates through an incentive program.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Physicians Organization (MGPO) has implemented physician incentives to drive timely entry of notes into the outpatient electronic health record. Data from the Partners Quality Data Warehouse (QDW) were used to refine and produce a note completion metric and to create reports. This initiative has led to a decrease in the average time to complete a note from 197 to 90 hours, in less than a year.
Greim
Julie
J
Clinical Informatics Research and Development, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Housman
Daniel
D
Lenz
Sarah
S
Mort
Elizabeth
E
Ferris
Timothy G
TG
Meyer
Gregg S
GS
Einbinder
Jonathan S
JS
D001900:Boston; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D057188:Workflow; D016526:Workload / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*