Mtm Time Study Template
Mtm Time Study Template 2017
The application of computing to health care changes how, when, and where clinicians collect and retrieve patient information. Measuring the impacts of technology on clinical tasks often involves performing a time and motion study. In a time and motion study, observers follow clinicians and record how long specific tasks, such as signing a medication prescription or listening to a patient describe her symptoms, take to complete.
Mtm Time Study Template Printable
Researchers and practice managers use time and motion study data to evaluate whether and to what extent health information technology applications, including computerized provider order entry, electronic prescribing, and electronic health records, increase efficiency - for example, by helping clinicians perform routine tasks faster. Resources for Time and Motion StudiesResearchers at Partners Healthcare have created a tool to help others accurately capture time and motion study data. The tool - a Microsoft Access database - allows observers to record time and motion data and store them for analysis. In addition, Partners has created a user's guide for this new tool and published a journal article that provides a case example of how the tool can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a health information technology.