RT Journal
A1 Oxentenko AS, West CP, Kolars JC
T1 Time spent on clinical documentation: Is technology a help or a hindrance?—reply
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2010
FD July 26
VO 170
IS 14
SP 1276
OP 1277
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.229
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.229
AB 
We appreciate the insightful comments by Doll and Arora relating to our article on how internal medicine residents spend their time on inpatient services, in which we found that 67.9% of residents reported spending in excess of 4 hours daily on documentation, while only 38.9% reported spending this amount of time in direct patient contact.1 Although feedback on documentation may increase the educational value of this indirect patient care activity, it is infrequently provided.