THE IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS ON PHYSICIAN PRODUCTIVITY

Abstract

This study examined the impact of electronic health record (EHR) systems on physician productivity in terms of a concept called “relative value unit (RVU) intensity.” The researcher gathered 10 years of productivity data from 20 physicians in an effort to understand how the implementation of an EHR system impacted productivity. Through the evaluation of this data, the researcher identified the overall impact of the implementation impact of the EHR on the practice as well as the impact of the system on the mean individual RVUs generated per patient visit.