BC Advantage - 2017 Issue 1

Can Specialty Physicians Survive in the Current State of Healthcare?

If you feel like you're glued to your computer or tablet for much of the day, it's not your imagination. Many specialty physicians say mounting paperwork is keeping them from spending enough time with patients. In The Practice Profitability Index, the percentage of physicians who spend more than one day per week on paperwork has increased and this trend is eroding physicians' on-the-job happiness. The physicians I know truly enjoy spending time with patients and teaching, and anything that takes them away from that is a negative.A study done by Kaiser a few years ago indicated physicians spend...

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