Female Clinicians Spend More Time on Patient Care Documentation, Contributing to Lower Pay and Higher Burnout, athenahealth Study Finds

WATERTOWN, Mass., January 26, 2022 – athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, today announced research insights that show significant differences in both patient interaction and appointment documentation practices between female and male clinicians. Female clinicians across specialties and clinical roles see fewer patients per week and spend a higher percentage of their electronic health record (EHR) documentation time outside of patient appointment hours when compared to male clinicians, the research found.