MedCity News March 6, 2024
Today, clinicians have to spend an inordinate and impractical amount of time combing through the EHR just to find the information they need to provide that level of care. All of that back-end administrative work should be the function of technology.
I once wanted to be a doctor. And then I watched one work.
I was pre-med when I had the opportunity to shadow a physician in a hospital setting. I showed up that morning excited to observe the practice of medicine—a respectable and honored practice—in action. As the day went on, I spent more time watching the doctor stare at his computer screen, clicking through data and notes, than observing him interact with patients. It was clearly making him...