Table 2.
Differences in Time Spent Using Electronic Health Record per Office Visit in Minutes
| Median Time per Office Visit (Interquartile Range) | Change in Effect (%)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaningful Use Period | Before Meaningful Use | Meaningful Use Adoption | Meaningful Use Stage 1 | Meaningful Use Stage 2 | |
| Before MU (January 1, 2006–November 2, 2010) | 4.6 (4) | NA | |||
| MU stage 1 adoption (November 2, 2010–August 7, 2011) | 5.1 (4.9) | 8.9±0.3 | NA | ||
| MU stage 1 attestation (August 7, 2011–December 31, 2013) | 7.5 (8.1) | 39.8±0.2 | 30.9±0.3 | NA | |
| MU stage 2 attestation (January 1, 2014–December 31, 2016) | 6.9 (5.3) | 31.9±0.2 | 23.0±=0.3 | −7.9±0.2 | NA |
MU = Meaningful Use; NA = not applicable.
Differences and P values were calculated using the Tukey test and Holm-Bonferroni method.
P < 0.001 for all comparisons.