“What’s on your plate these days?” If you asked a physician this question, the most likely response would be: “What isn’t?” Doctors feel increasingly overwhelmed by an ever-growing task list that includes seeing more patients, filling out more EHR fields, and spending too much time on non-medical stuff. Last month’s survey asked what more doctors could reasonably do and how we might go about making “more” feel like “less.” Here are the results:
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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s a Forbes contributor, bestselling author, Stanford University professor, and host of two healthcare podcasts. Pearl’s newest book, “Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients,” is available now. All profits from the book go to Doctors Without Borders.
