Forbes December 26, 2023
Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D.

Documentation is one of the most cumbersome aspects of practicing medicine. A survey published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education which elicited responses from 1500+ medical professionals across 24 specialties indicated that nearly 92% of them believed documentation obligations were onerous and excessive, and 73% shared that documentation burdens had a net negative impact on patient care.

The actual need for documentation is relatively uncontested; the digitization of medical records has made the overall healthcare delivery ecosystem and process better. Though many problems still exist with data interoperability across electronic medical record (EMR) systems, as an overarching principal, digital records are easier to transmit and share than the paper records of decades past. However, the process of documentation has...

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