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Retired US primary care doctor calls out documentation burden

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

A retired US primary care physician has reignited a long-running complaint about medical practice: doctors get no dedicated time for documentation, which must be squeezed into patient visits, with academic medicine offering only a single administrative half-day per week. The doctor recalled diligent colleagues staying late to keep up with charts, arguing the problem has persisted for years.

Why now: Physician burnout and the documentation burden in US healthcare remain hot topics among medical professionals.

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• @ 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… · nickrauchen@c.im · 12

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