The study looked at physicians in family practice, internal medicine, cardiology and orthopedics. Only 27 percent of a doctor’s time is spent with patients - and nearly half is spent on EHR and desk work, according to a 2016 study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Many feel they spend more time as data-entry clerks than as doctors.
Many physicians are fed up with the amount of documentation required in EHRs. “You’re thinking about the mechanics of the documentation, rather than the implications of the symptoms and findings.” “As a provider, you’re thinking about what do I need to document, or how do I navigate the EHR system, not how do I assimilate this information to provide the best care advice to the patient,” he says. Given their cumbersome nature, the EHR, long touted as a way to dramatically improve patient care, often does just the opposite, Minor believes. He says EHRs now function primarily as documentation for billing and quality reporting rather than as an aid to doctors. “That most fundamental aspect of human communication, which is eye contact, now is being robbed from the medical encounter because of the electronic health record.” “There is nothing more frustrating to a patient than talking to their doctor, wanting advice, and that provider is typing away and looking at a computer screen instead of the patient,” Minor says. “There is nothing more frustrating to a patient than talking to their doctor, wanting advice, and that provider is typing away and looking at a computer screen instead of the patient.”
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