HIT Consultant December 31, 2025
Too many of us know the drill. After weeks or months of waiting, you finally land a doctor’s appointment. You sit in the exam room, anxious. When the doctor walks in, you get more eye contact with the laptop than with them. The visit feels rushed, and you leave with more questions than answers.
That scene isn’t about indifference. It’s about time. Clinicians are buried under paperwork. Nearly 40 percent of their day is spent on administrative tasks. “Pajama time” has become the norm, with charting and documentation long after shifts end. For every hour spent with patients, two more go into typing, coding, phone calls, or filing.
We often frame the problem as a shortage of clinicians. The faster...
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