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> One of them spends almost as much time on data entry as he does with patients ...then he’s one of the lucky ones! One study found that for every hour a phys

> One of them spends almost as much time on data entry as he does with patients ...then he’s one of the lucky ones! One study found that for every hour a physician spends with a patient, she spends two on processing health records. https://www.jwatch.org/fw111995/2016/09/06/half-physician-time-spent-ehrs-and-paperwork https://www.jwatch.org/fw111995/2016/09/06/half-physician-ti...

brianwawok 7y ago
I mean, for every hour I spend writing production code - I spend an hour in agile meetings, and 2 hours chasing down obscure bugs in javascript libraries. Not that many professions are "do visible part of work 100%". Heck, I hear bricklayers need to spend some time mixing cement and getting bricks off the truck, not just scooping mud and sticking bricks. Health records ARE a big part of the product of a doctor. Keeping a good chart and finding trends over time is a bit part of the service you need.
- 1996 7y ago
  > Health records ARE a big part of the product of a doctor I long for practices that would keep no record of my issues, except what I volunteer to them at the beginning of the consult. Many countries do that just fine, but for some reason in the US I am asked to fill pages on insignificant trivia to cover their ass or follow some weird law or tradition maybe? I don't want perfect healthcare. Good enough is fine! So now I just see doctors when traveling. Simpler, faster, and cheaper too.
  - brianwawok 7y ago
    Hum. So much about healthcare is about trends. How your blood pressure is today vs a month ago matters a lot more than holding up your number to a chart. Having actual good medical history would be super helpful.
    - 1996 7y ago
      Then I will keep the records, or my smart watch or smart phone.
- egocodedinsol 7y ago
  Your analogies would make more sense if you spent 2 hours on documentation for every hour you spent coding or bug finding.
  - brianwawok 7y ago
    If that documentation includes user manuals, sign me up! A mostly functional program with amazing docs beats a more functional black box.

brianwawok 7y ago

I mean, for every hour I spend writing production code - I spend an hour in agile meetings, and 2 hours chasing down obscure bugs in javascript libraries. Not that many professions are "do visible part of work 100%". Heck, I hear bricklayers need to spend some time mixing cement and getting bricks off the truck, not just scooping mud and sticking bricks. Health records ARE a big part of the product of a doctor. Keeping a good chart and finding trends over time is a bit part of the service you need.

1996 7y ago
> Health records ARE a big part of the product of a doctor I long for practices that would keep no record of my issues, except what I volunteer to them at the beginning of the consult. Many countries do that just fine, but for some reason in the US I am asked to fill pages on insignificant trivia to cover their ass or follow some weird law or tradition maybe? I don't want perfect healthcare. Good enough is fine! So now I just see doctors when traveling. Simpler, faster, and cheaper too.
- brianwawok 7y ago
  Hum. So much about healthcare is about trends. How your blood pressure is today vs a month ago matters a lot more than holding up your number to a chart. Having actual good medical history would be super helpful.
  - 1996 7y ago
    Then I will keep the records, or my smart watch or smart phone.
egocodedinsol 7y ago
Your analogies would make more sense if you spent 2 hours on documentation for every hour you spent coding or bug finding.
- brianwawok 7y ago
  If that documentation includes user manuals, sign me up! A mostly functional program with amazing docs beats a more functional black box.