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86minutes in the EHR after clinic hours per weekday
In the same 2017 study, primary care clinicians spent 269 minutes (4.5 hours) in the EHR during clinic hours and 86 minutes (1.4 hours) after clinic hours on each weekday.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“269 minutes (4.5 hours) during clinic hours and 86 minutes (1.4 hours) after clinic hours”
Tethered to the EHR: Primary Care Physician Workload Assessment Using EHR Event Log Data and Time-Motion Observations, Brian G. Arndt et al., Annals of Family Medicine, 2017, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1370/afm.2121)- What it measures
- Clinic hours were the scheduled clinic day. The split shows how much EHR work spills past the end of the visit day, which is the time a scribe or dictation tool could shorten.
- What it does not show
- One academic primary care system, measured in 2016. Clinic-hour definitions and the figures per clinician vary by site, so compare them with care.