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. 2016 Apr;176(4):559-60.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0209.

The Burden of Inbox Notifications in Commercial Electronic Health Records

Daniel R Murphy  1 , Ashley N D Meyer  1 , Elise Russo  1 , Dean F Sittig  2 , Li Wei  1 , Hardeep Singh  1
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The Burden of Inbox Notifications in Commercial Electronic Health Records

Daniel R Murphy et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr.
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Figure 1. Number and Types of Notifications Received by Physician type
*Primary care providers (PCPs) received a mean of 76.9 notifications/day. Specialists (site A only) received a mean of 29.1 notifications/day (p<.001).
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