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4.8minutes per visit on notes
In adjusted models of Epic data, physicians who mainly used transcription and dictation spent less time on notes per visit than physicians who mainly used SmartTools, at an average of 4.8 minutes per visit.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“physicians using primarily transcription and dictation ( n =15,928) spent less time on notes than physicians with predominant Smart Tool use ... average 4.8 min per visit”
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 average is for notes written in each visit by physicians in this group. The comparison is adjusted for other factors in the model.
- What it does not show
- Association, not cause. Dictating physicians may differ in specialty and visit mix, and the authors describe the measure as note time, not total documentation time.
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