Fig. 3.

Activities reported for the 45.0% of beeps for which EHR use was indicated. This exhibit excludes the 10.0% (53/531) of time physicians spent on personal activity (e.g., meals), and analyzes the 215 of 478 (45.0%) of physician responses to beeps that include electronic health record (EHR) input. The activity “EHR input” was selected 215 times by physicians, 91 times as a single activity, and 124 times in combination with other activities. Clinical Communication about patients includes communicating about patients with family, staff at office, hospital, nursing home, or other healthcare provider. Administrative Communication about patients includes communication with insurance companies, pharmacies, workers’ compensation, or obtaining prior authorization. For clarity, only the first seven activities/activity combinations are displayed in detail; those remaining are included in Miscellaneous. Due to the small numbers in some categories, no statistical tests were conducted between combinations of activities