Mastering the art of efficient patient encounters: tips for physicians

KevinMD February 18, 2024
Michael Morkos, MD

An excerpt from No Work After Hours: Tools to Maintain a Pleasant, Efficient, and Productive Clinic Without Work Before or After Hours.

The patient encounter is the core of clinical physician practices. That’s why we went to medical school from the very beginning. The excitement and passion for seeing sick patients and helping them on the path of healing was an ambition. One skill set is to be a good clinician, and another is to ensure an efficient workflow. I want to highlight some tips for documentation, placing orders, and optimizing the electronic health record (EHR) workflow.

Documentation

Different physicians can have many different approaches to documentation. Here are some of the many I saw:

• Sit in front of...

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