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. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2349136.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.49136.

Electronic Health Record Messaging Patterns of Health Care Professionals in Inpatient Medicine

William Small  1 , Eduardo Iturrate  1 , Jonathan Austrian  1 , Nicholas Genes  1
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Electronic Health Record Messaging Patterns of Health Care Professionals in Inpatient Medicine

William Small et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cross-sectional study examines secure messaging patterns among health care professionals in the internal medicine inpatient setting.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Hourly Message Frequencies, Stratified by Sender Role
AHP indicates allied health professional; CM, care manager; SW, social worker.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Variation in Daily Secure Messaging Usage Among Health Care Professionals, by Role
Box plots illustrate the distribution of daily secure messages sent and read per user, grouped by unique user-role labels. Boxes represent the IQR with the median marked by a horizontal line. AHP indicates allied health professional; APP, advanced practice professional; CM, care manager; SW, social worker.
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