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8.3minutes per visit
In the Epic data, physicians who mainly copied and pasted spent 8.3 more minutes per visit on notes than physicians who mainly used transcription and dictation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- The difference in average minutes per visit on notes between physicians who mainly copied and pasted and physicians who mainly used transcription and dictation, in the adjusted Epic comparison.
- How it is calculated
- 13.1 - 4.8 = 8.3
Calculated from
- Physicians who mostly used copy/paste spent more time on notes, at an average of 13.1 minutes per visit.
- 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.