Mandated electronic medical records is the problem, not some constrained supply of doctors. (Not the concept of electronic records, but the implementation. Scanned paper records probably would have been fine. Epic and competing software solutions are not.) It means the same supply of doctors has less time for the same (or increased) demand.
Forcing doctors into a workflow dictated by software is what's causing 12 hour days to turn into 16-18 hour days, with no additional pay, and no reduced hours to compensate.
Also results in doctors focusing on the computer instead of the patient.
You didn't see burnout levels increase until electronic charts were forced.
Forcing doctors into a workflow dictated by software is what's causing 12 hour days to turn into 16-18 hour days, with no additional pay, and no reduced hours to compensate.
Also results in doctors focusing on the computer instead of the patient.
You didn't see burnout levels increase until electronic charts were forced.