title: Improving physician note entry rates through an incentive program.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Informatics Research and Development, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greim
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Housman
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mort
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Gregg S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Einbinder
mesh_terms: 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*