Table 2. Time Spent on Different Computer-Based Activities by Residents Per Shift, Time and Motion Study, General Medicine Service, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, June and July 2010.
| Computer read/write category | Average total time spent, min | % of average total computer-based activities time |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | ||
| Writing notes (or documenting) | 128.7 | 35.3 |
| Viewing the list of available notes | 33.9 | 9.3 |
| Reading notes | 27.3 | 7.5 |
| Total | 189.9 | 52.1 |
| Looking up patient dataa | ||
| Viewing the patient list | 25.5 | 7.0 |
| Viewing flowsheets | 25.1 | 6.9 |
| Viewing results | 15.9 | 4.4 |
| Viewing imaging data | 3.3 | 0.9 |
| Viewing general patient data | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Viewing a visualization of patient data | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Total | 70.8 | 19.4 |
| Managing orders | ||
| Writing orders | 24.2 | 6.6 |
| Viewing orders | 23.9 | 6.6 |
| Total | 48.1 | 13.2 |
| Other | 24.0 | 6.6 |
| Communicating | ||
| Paging | 9.2 | 2.5 |
| 0.4 | 0.1 | |
| Total | 9.6 | 2.6 |
| Logistics | ||
| Logging in | 6.5 | 1.8 |
| Printing | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Managing schedules | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Managing operating room | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total | 7.0 | 1.9 |
| Managing to-do lists | ||
| Clearing to-do flags | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| Managing handoff to-do lists | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Total | 6.6 | 1.8 |
| Reference look up | ||
| UpToDate | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Wikipedia | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Managing medications | ||
| Looking up doses | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Writing prescriptions | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| Total | 3.0 | 0.8 |
| Total computer-based activities time | 364.5 |
a
See the main text for more information on the six items in this category.