As promised in a prior post , here’s a sampling of issues that are grinding down doctors. Physician burnout is no mystery illness; we know the causes. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) . This modernization of medical data recording has been a true gamechanger for billers and medical coders. For doctors, it continues to be a source of great angst and frustration. A few years ago, I was using 4 different EMR systems all at once. Sound like fun? It wasn’t. EMR, despite its advantages, has been a potent force threatening doctor-patient relationships. How do patients feel watching their doctors pecking away at keyboards throughout most of the visit with hardly any eye contact? EMR also spews forth hours and hours of tasks and communications (previously known as paperwork) which are hard for doctors to keep up with. Readers are referred to the EMR Quality category on this blog for additional rants, I mean commentary. Demand for volume over quality. When any worker
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