A recent study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine indicates doctors spend too much time looking at the computer screen during patient visits, and staring at an electronic health record (EHR) can get them to miss nonverbal cues.
A recent study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine indicates doctors spend too much time looking at the computer screen during patient visits, and staring at an electronic health record (EHR) can get them to miss nonverbal cues.
The Northwestern scientists used video cameras to look at 100 doctor-patient visits in which doctors used computers to access EHRs. They analyzed eye-gaze patterns and how it affected communication behavior between patients and clinicians..
