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Time-motion results:
Overall task types (prescribers)
| Task |
Silver Lake
(paper)
n=8
(min/hr) |
Harbour Pointe
(desktop)
n=11
(min/hr) |
Snohomish
(laptop)
n=8
(min/hr) |
| Computer tasks |
3.8* |
7.4 |
8.1 |
| Writing Tasks |
8.7* |
5.5 |
5.9 |
| Computer & writing |
12.4 |
12.9 |
14.0 |
| Talking to patient |
19.0 |
17.8 |
20.3 |
| Talking to colleague |
6.6 |
11.6 |
8.2 |
| Examining patient |
8.9* |
4.9 |
5.3 |
| Examining chart |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
*p<0.05; chi-squared test Silver Lake vs. other clinics; all other tasks took < 7.5% of total time
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