Documentation

Do everything you do for the patient in front of the patient.

Dictating Note with Patient: Practice Pearl--invite patients to listen while you dictate (Fam Pract Mgt 2010)
Texting While Doctoring: A Patient Safety Hazard Distracted doctors can make perceptual and cognitive errors during the medical encounter. Dictation, scribing and assistant order entry can help. (Ann Intern Med 2013)
If not for the Pause "How much do I miss while multi-tasking, my own hard drive spinning..." (SGIM Forum commentary 2013)

Delegating documentation to preserve time for patient engagement and reduce burnout

Collaborative Care: A description of nurse-physician partnerships and nurse-directed medical encounters (Dubuque, IA)
Family Team Care: Making the doctor-nurse team more productive with scribing, delegation and visit preparation (Newport News, VA) (Fam Pract Mgt 2008)
Optimizing the role of the nurse Nursing Staff: scribing and preparation to improve patient care and productivity (Bellingham, WA) (Fam Pract Mgt 2013)
Scribes at Shasta Community Health Clinic Physicians report more face time with patients, feel less stressed, and more overall job satisfacation when working with a scribe. (Redding, CA)

Delegate to most appropriate team members. Reception staff are capable of entering data on requested tests and appointments.

Streamline processes when using EHR: Tips for managing messaging, documentation and order entry with the EHR.
Meaningful Use Stage 2: A nurse or medical assistant can do order entry. This is NOT a physician function. "Any licensed healthcare professionals and credentialed medical assistants can enter orders into the medical record."[