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My SO is a family medicine MD and works at an inner city clinic. When we first started dating she'd mention the need to spend time during the evenings to write
by djb_hackernews 11y ago
My SO is a family medicine MD and works at an inner city clinic. When we first started dating she'd mention the need to spend time during the evenings to write notes. As someone that a) wanted more of her time b) wrote software for a living, it surprised me that such a system doesn't already exist. It seems like it could aid in catching errors and also being a helpful assistant of sorts to ensure good notes are being captured and all possibilities are being addressed.
From what I've seen, even with newer EHR systems (Epic, Athena), medical technology is about 15 years behind current technology.
- Spooky23 11y agoIt's worse than 15 years behind -- it is a step backwards. In ye olden days, they recorded notes on a $50 voice recorder, and had a transcriptionist transcribe notes into a written form that went into records. Now, to make data more standardized, it's a wall of clicks and checkboxes, which require domain expertise. So doctors canned the transcriptionists, replaced them with enterprise IT and hire PAs and NPs to try to bridge the gap. I shake my head every time I go to my doctor. He's a brilliant guy and really good physician, but easily 50% of his time is dedicated to click-monkey bullshit.