What to do when doctors develop “portal hypertension”
This article is satire. Physicians today are confronting yet another epidemic, one that affects doctors directly and is not caused by a virus. It is the result of the "patient portal" through which patients send typed messages directly to their…
This article is satire.
Physicians today are confronting yet another epidemic, one that affects doctors directly and is not caused by a virus. It is the result of the “patient portal” through which patients send typed messages directly to their physicians. Though the portal has benefits, anecdotal experience suggests that high message volume is having a deleterious effect on doctors’ blood pressure.
I have dubbed this phenomenon “portal hypertension,” despite the objections …
What to do when doctors develop “portal hypertension”
