A critical first step in helping physicians cope with the stresses of practice
The rapid advances of medical science, patients’ expectations, the loss of autonomy, insurers’ regulations, fears of litigation, and the documentation burden of recording patient data on electronic medical records all contribute to widespread physician dissatisfaction, and cynicism with medical practice referred to simply as “burnout.”
Some have reduced their hours, some have quit medicine. Some just suffer in silence.
But of the many causes, inputting information electronically is the number one “pain …
A critical first step in helping physicians cope with the stresses of practice
