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Retired MD criticizes EHRs and AI notes for worsening physician documentation burden

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A retired Primary Care MD discusses the long-standing issue of excessive documentation time for physicians, exacerbated by the widespread adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The physician notes that a 2017 study indicated primary care physicians spent over half their workday, nearly six hours, interacting with EHRs. The author expresses concern that the push for AI-generated notes, which they would opt out of, has likely worsened the quality and usefulness of patient notes for actual patient care. AI

IMPACT AI-generated notes may be reducing the quality and usefulness of patient records for care.

RANK_REASON Commentary from a retired physician on the impact of EHRs and AI on documentation.

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Retired MD criticizes EHRs and AI notes for worsening physician documentation burden

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ jik @ shansterable Retired # PrimaryCare MD (US) here... 1) This problem has been around for a long time. There is no time provided for "#documentation" other

    @ jik @ shansterable Retired # PrimaryCare MD (US) here... 1) This problem has been around for a long time. There is no time provided for "#documentation" other than the # patient_visit , or in academia, one "admin" half-day per week. I remember my more diligent colleagues taking…

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