Fact · Dictation
1.30minutes per visit less than SmartTools
In the adjusted comparison, physicians who mainly used transcription and dictation spent 1.30 minutes less per visit on notes than physicians with predominant SmartTools use.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“physicians with predominant Smart Tool use. ( b =−1.30, 95% CI=−1.62”
Note composition strategies and physician time in the Epic EHR (note writing by transcription, dictation, SmartTools and copy/paste), Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2023.
Open the original (DOI 10.1007/s11606-022-07834-5)- What it measures
- The coefficient b is the adjusted difference from the SmartTools group, reported with its 95% confidence interval.
- What it does not show
- Association from observational data, adjusted for the model's covariates. The authors caution that it does not show that dictation causes shorter notes.