Table 3 Total observed time and proportion of time for physicians across all task categories

Non-medication-related clinical or administrative tasks

213:33:56

85.2

-

116:54:29

86.4

-

330:28:25

85.6

-

Patient examination/treatment

30:02:40

12.0

(10.6–13.3)

14:58:58

11.1

(9.4–12.4)

45:01:38

11.7

(10.6–12.6)

Oral communication

73:08:55

29.2

(28.1–30.4)

55:22:50

40.9

(38.9–42.9)

128:31:45

33.3

(32.2–34.3)

Read/retrieve written information

32:13:50

12.9

(11.9–13.9)

23:12:18

17.2

(15.6–18.9)

55:26:08

14.4

(13.5–15.2)

Documentation

49:00:26

19.6

(18.3–21.1)

12:11:16

9.0

(7.8–10.2)

61:11:42

15.9

(14.9–17.0)

Waiting/consideration

8:48:04

3.5

(3.1–4.1)

4:41:35

3.5

(2.8–4.4)

13:29:39

3.5

(3.1–4.0)

Logistics

3:58:21

1.6

(1.4–1.8)

1:37:13

1.2

(1.0–1.4)

5:35:34

1.4

(1.3–1.6)

Meeting

6:46:15

2.7

(1.6–3.6)

2:19:18

1.7

(0.2–4.1)

9:05:33

2.4

(1.4–3.2)

Unknown

9:16:28

3.7

(2.2–5.0)

2:29:25

1.8

(0.9–3.2)

11:45:53

3.0

(2.0–3.9)

Other

0:18:57

0.1

(0.0–0.3)

0:01:36

0.02

(0.0–0.04)

0:20:33

0.1

(0.0–0.2)

Medication-related tasks

23:29:44

9.4

-

9:59:14

7.4

-

33:28:58

8.7

-

Oral communication:

9:39:05

3.9

-

7:37:18

5.6

-

17:16:23

4.5

-

 Retrieve medication information^b

3:48:34

1.5

(1.3–1.8)

0:56:34

0.7

(0.5–0.8)

4:45:08

1.2

(1.1–1.4)

 Give medication information

0:32:38

0.2

(0.2–0.3)

0:22:50

0.3

(0.2–0.4)

0:55:28

0.2

(0.2–0.3)

 About medications

5:17:53

2.1

(1.9–2.4)

6:17:54

4.7

(4.0–5.2)

11:35:47

3.0

(2.8–3.3)

Read/retrieve written information^b

2:35:56

1.0

(0.9–1.3)

0:45:27

0.6

(0.3–0.8)

3:21:23

0.9

(0.7–1.0)

Documentation^b

10:55:00

4.4

(3.7–4-8)

1:32:33

1.1

(0.8–1.5)

12:27:33

3.2

(2.8–3.6)

Logistics

0:00:00

0.0

-

0:00:00

0.0

-

0:00:00

0.0

-

Medication management

0:19:43

0.1

(0.0–0.3)

0:03:56

0.05

(0.01–0.1)

0:23:39

0.1

(0.0–0.2)

Other

28:53:01

11.5

-

19:08:18

14.1

-

48:01:19

12.4

-

Movement

8:37:49

3.4

(3.2–4.0)

6:20:43

4.7

(4.2–5.1)

14:58:32

3.9

(3.7–4.3)

Standby

20:15:12

8.1

(6.6–9.5)

12:47:35

9.5

(7.5–11.4)

33:02:47

8.6

(7.4–9.7)