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We appreciate the insightful comments by Doll and Arora relating to our article on how internal medicine residents spend their time on inpatient services, in which we found that 67.9% of residents reported spending in excess of 4 hours daily on documentation, while only 38.9% reported spending this amount of time in direct patient contact.1 Although feedback on documentation may increase the educational value of this indirect patient care activity, it is infrequently provided.