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Are there any rogue doctors who don't fill out paperwork?

• bawana 8y ago
  All of us using EMRs don't fill out paperwork anymore. We just copy-paste. Unfortunately admins think you can quantify stuff by making more measurements. But that's so amusing if you just talk to a few patients. It's like trying to quantify the quality of poetry.There is a HUGE gap between the patient's experience and the actual disease. That's why our ERs are clogged with people who think they are sick. Getting through that thick layer of emotion and still communicating with the patient is hard work.And it often fails. It's like the policeman who comes to the scene of an accident and tries to get the story of what happened from the accident victim (if she/he can even talk). Even if the victim is capable of speaking, the emotional turmoil renders the story moot. And amid all this chaos, they expect us to make cost effective diagnostic decisions? where one slip up can lead to an error of omission or an error of commission? and then a law suit? And if you are an employed physician, there is a bean counter looking to make you word harder. Even if you are part of a private group practice, the old guys take a cut of your money while you sweat, cry and bleed.