AI and Physician Burnout Quiz

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1. What did the 2016 Annals of Internal Medicine time-and-motion study by Sinsky and colleagues find about ambulatory physicians' time?
   • About 30 minutes of desk work per hour of face time
   • Roughly equal time on EHR work and patient face time
   • About two hours of EHR and desk work for every hour of face time
   • About five hours of EHR work for every hour of face time
2. In discussions of physician workload, what does 'pajama time' refer to?
   • EHR documentation done after hours, often at home
   • Overnight on-call shifts in the hospital
   • Scheduled rest breaks during clinic
   • Night-shift rotations for residents
3. What did early studies of AI-drafted replies to patient portal messages find?
   • Large time savings that cleared clinicians' inboxes
   • Clinicians felt less burdened, but time savings were not consistent
   • Patients refused to read AI-drafted replies
   • Clinicians stopped using the drafts within a week
4. Which of these is an example of AI adding new work for clinicians?
   • Insurers processing claims automatically
   • Eliminating staff meetings
   • Lowering patient volume
   • Reviewing and correcting wordy or inaccurate AI drafts
5. According to the guide, why might time saved by AI fail to reduce burnout?
   • AI makes notes too short to bill
   • Leaders may turn saved minutes into extra appointments
   • Patients stop sending portal messages
   • EHR systems shut off AI features after hours
6. Which data source gives an objective measure of how much time physicians spend documenting?
   • Patient satisfaction surveys
   • Vendor marketing materials
   • EHR audit logs
   • The number of AI licenses purchased
7. Besides documentation, which factors does the guide say contribute to physician burnout?
   • Staffing, loss of autonomy, workplace culture and scheduling
   • Only the choice of EHR vendor
   • Only the number of AI tools in use
   • Only patient age and diagnosis mix
8. Why should an evaluation of an AI scribe include a comparison group and run past the first weeks?
   • HIPAA requires control groups for software purchases
   • Vendors charge less for longer pilots
   • Comparison groups reduce hallucinations in the AI
   • Early enthusiasm can inflate results, and a comparison separates the tool's effect from other changes