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Time-motion results:
Prescribing-related events (prescribers)

| Clinic |
Hand-written event
(sec/event)
(number of events)
|
E-Prescription event
(sec/event)
(number of events) |
Adjusted mean difference
(sec/event)
(95% CI) |
| Silver Lake (paper) |
47.6 (68) |
None |
- |
| Harbour Pointe (desktop) |
38.1 (26) |
43.6 (79) |
9.5 (-9.8, 28.8) |
| Snohomish (laptop) |
63.1 (10) |
72.5 (59) |
9.8 (-23.4, 43.1) |
| All sites |
46.7 (104) |
56.0 (138) |
12.0 (-1.6, 25.6) |
* Linear mixed effect model, adjusted for prescriber and type of prescription (new/renew)
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