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. 2010 Jun;16(5):576–584. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0148

Table 2.

Frequency and Total Time of Observation Sample by Category

Category Frequency of Observationsa Total Time (min) of Observationsa Time (min) Median (min/max)
Computer 402 (43%) 597.64 (28%) 0.83 (0.03, 21.67)
Data review 114 (12%) 66.72 (3%) 0.37 (0.05, 2.78)
Verbal face-to-face 97 (10%) 330.06 (16%) 2.00 (0.17, 19.45)
Organizational 93 (10%) 137.24 (7%) 1.12 (0.23, 8.35)
E-mail 59 (6%) 120.78 (6%) 1.83 (0.42, 8.30)
Phone calls 55 (6%) 135.66 (6%) 2.12 (0.18, 7.83)
Clinic 48 (5%) 297.46 (14%) 4.12 (0.17, 33.72)
Mail/letters 25 (3%) 82.18 (4%) 2.38 (1.13, 9.22)
Other 28 (3%) 300.96 (14%) 6.18 (0.67, 46.67)
Nonspecific activity 17 (2%) 31.56 (2%) 1.23 (0.15, 9.27)
a

Includes all observations from the 2-week data collection period.