A curated list of top 5 articles on physician burnout for the week of October 1, 2019, with a theme: the EHR.
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Is the duty of the physician to capture the patient stories, or capture a billing code? In July 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed revamping Medicare payments for office visits. CMS plans to collapse Medicare fees for levels 2 through 5 office visits into a single price beginning in 2019, as…
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The doctors’ office: an insider glimpse. (A facetious piece. Inspired my my kids’ love of Mad Libs) Directions (in case you were raised by wolves and never played Mad Libs): Play with a friend or colleague. Ask them to say a word for each type of word specified. Read the story using their words to…
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Here is an example of “meaningful use” from the clinic, and how meaningless it is for actual practice: Mr. X. is a man in his 80s who was cured of his cancer, but at what cost. The therapies which eradicated the cancer left him with permanent frailties and the loss of his independence. A family…
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