Comparison of documentation time between an electronic and a

paper-based record system by optometrists at an eye hospital in south India: A time–motion

study

Shabbir Syed Abdula,∗, Luai A. Ahmedb, Rachapalle Reddi Sudhirc,

Jeremiah Scholl d, Yu-Chuan Li a,e, Der-Ming Lioua

Background

• 印度的失明人口全球最多。在全國逾 10億人當中，失明人多達 1,500萬，還有 5,200萬人視力受損。這些病人中， 32萬人未滿16歲，佔全球失明兒童人口五分之一。如果有足夠醫療設備和專業人員，當中一半兒童是可以痊癒的。

Method

• The time spent was documented for a total of 200 records (100 EMR and 100 paper records).

• The independent-samples t-test and analysis of variance were used to compare the means of the consultation time and calculated documentation time spent between the electronic and paper records.

Conclusion

• The results of the study showed no significant difference in the time spent between paper and electronic records.

• The mean consultation time spent with electronic records was only 1.52 min longer(0.39 min shorter) than with paper records.

• The calculated documentation time spend with electronic records was only 0.92 min longer than with paper records. Neither of these differences was statistically significant.