Hiring a medical assistant to effectively take dictation and record things in the EMR happens, but far more common are voice recognition systems and templating

Hiring a medical assistant to effectively take dictation and record things in the EMR happens, but far more common are voice recognition systems and templating (which leads to its own set of issues). Long additional hours charting are another thing that happens - most doctors I know seem to spend at least a couple extra hours charting, dealing with labs, etc after they've seen their last patients for the day.