Forbes June 24, 2019
Since the shift to electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States accelerated a decade ago, the day-to-day impact on doctors is staggering. To keep records current and useful, physicians have to ensure all records of patient interactions get recorded, meaning that a large chunk of their day is spent staring at a screen rather than taking care of their patients. Recent studies show that doctors may spend as much as half of their work day filling out the records of their interactions with patients.
“In an ideal world, physicians would just interact with patients,” Saykara founder and CEO Harjinder Sandhu told Forbes. “That’s what they want to do. They don’t want to type notes.”
His Seattle-based company’s solution is...