Comment by FpUser
3 months ago
>"Doctor is a primal respect that technical roles do not carry."
Used to be. Not anymore. Nowadays many doctors act as a smartass business people.
3 months ago
>"Doctor is a primal respect that technical roles do not carry."
Used to be. Not anymore. Nowadays many doctors act as a smartass business people.
In my city it's an underpaid work-a-day job that half of them hate. There is something about being trapped that can make any job sick the life out of you.
I remember a former CEO who would come into work each day and let out a heavy sigh before unlocking his office door. I learned that he was trapped in the job until he retired for various reasons...most of his own making.
It's the paperwork. Most people have no idea the amount of paperwork doctors have to fill out - it adds up to 20-30 hours of it per week. It's getting close to a full time job by itself. Think about how pleasant the experience is of filling out bureaucratic/government paperwork, and now imagine doing that as a full time job.
What? This doesn't sound right at all. I've worked very closely with Doctors during the implementation of EHR systems and they don't spend nearly that much time on paperwork. They spend a couple minutes charting things for each patient. Then about 30 minutes at the end of the day going over anything that's been flagged by admin. Then about 1-3 hours every two weeks adjusting rejected claims.
There's certainly a lot of paperwork that has to be done, but doctors aren't doing it.
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