Monday, November 05, 2018

Just What the Doctor Ordered



1 comment:

Ed said...

“A 2016 study found that physicians spent about two hours doing computer work for every hour spent face to face with a patient—whatever the brand of medical software. In the examination room, physicians devoted half of their patient time facing the screen to do electronic tasks. And these tasks were spilling over after hours. The University of Wisconsin found that the average workday for its family physicians had grown to eleven and a half hours. The result has been epidemic levels of burnout among clinicians. Forty per cent screen positive for depression, and seven per cent report suicidal thinking—almost double the rate of the general working population.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers

So, the doctors, during our office visits with them, want to discuss whether or not you and I own guns? If you have the chance, read the entire article, written by a surgeon, on the implications of the computerization of medical information.