Neil J. Farber, MD Lin Liu, PhD Yunan Chen, PhD Alan Calvitti, PhD Richard L. Street, Jr., PhD Danielle Zuest, MA Kristin Bell, MD Mark Gabuzda, MD Barbara Gray, MA Shazia Ashfaq, MD, MBA Zia Agha, MD, MS University of California, San Diego (Drs. Farber, Liu, Calvitti, and Agha); University of California, Irvine (Dr. Chen); Texas A&M University, Dallas (Dr. Street); Veterans Medical Research Foundation, La Jolla, Calif (Mss. Zuest and Gray); VA San Diego Healthcare System (Drs. Bell, Gabuzda, and Ashfaq) nfarber@ucsd.edu
The authors reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
This research was supported by VA HSRDIIR 07196 (Agha, PI), Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Street’s support was provided by the Houston VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence (HFP90-020), now called the Houston VA Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (CIN 13-413).
In this study, how much time a physician spent looking at the patient predicted greater patient satisfaction. Overall, however, patients were highly satisfied with their physicians despite high EHR usage.
CORRESPONDENCE Neil J. Farber, MD, University of California, San Diego, 8939 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; nfarber@ucsd.edu.