title: Hospital rounding--EHR's impact.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to understand the time spent on various tasks during physician inpatient rounds and to examine the new electronic health records (EHRs) impact on time distribution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trained observers shadowed hospital physicians to record times for various tasks before and after EHR implementation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Electronic records did not improve efficiency. However, task times were redistributed. Physicians spent more time reviewing patient charts using time saved from miscellaneous work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study focusses solely on work distribution and the changes it underwent. It does not include quality measures either on patient results or physician satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As EHR provides rich information and easier access to patient records, it motivates physicians to spend more time reviewing patient charts. Hospital administrators seeking immediate returns on EHR investment, therefore, may be disappointed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unlike previous work, this study was conducted in a non-teaching hospital, providing a task-time comparison without any educational and team factor influence. The result serves as a benchmark for many community hospital managers seeking to address the same issue.
authors.forename: Chih-Yang
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pancoast
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duguid
authors.forename: Charlton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D057188:Workflow