There were significant declines in average task lengths for three categories of tasks (documentation P < 0.005; professional communication P < 0.0001; ward related activities P < 0.05) and a significant increase in the average length of individual medication tasks (P < 0.05) (Table 3).
We surveyed primary care providers (PCPs) in 11 general internal medicine and family medicine practices affiliated with 3 health systems in Texas about their use and satisfaction with performing common tasks (documentation, medication prescribing, preventive services, problem list) in the Epic EHR, a common commercial system.
A key tenet of Lean is to work only on those things that absolutely must be done and eliminate waste in the form of unnecessary meetings, tasks, and documentation.
In some, the shooters are seen clearly, and are men in uniform: In another, the shooting has stopped, but you can see the wreckage, and what looks like blood on an ambulance with a shattered window: One can see the performance of two closely related tasks: witness and documentation.
Furthermore, because requirements for surgeons have increased due to economic pressure, more documentation tasks and higher patient load, it has become even more apparent that the EWTD cannot be maintained.
The methods resulted in user interface screens that were perceived to be easy to use, potentially useful, and well-matched to nursing documentation tasks associated with Nursing Admission Assessment, Blood Administration, and Nursing Discharge Summary.
Participants were asked whether they used paper, electronic or hybrid (paper and electronic) formats for documentation tasks.
In addition, a significant positive correlation was found between documentation tasks and general working hours (r =.14, p <.05).
For the high stakes documentation tasks of current systematic reviews, at least a history function has to be available.
In addition, a significant negative correlation was found between documentation tasks and direct patient contact (r = -.20, p <.01).
Nurses spent greater amounts of time on documentation tasks in ICUs, a difference from the Australian general ward dataset [ 15].
