[nharada]

> solving the wrong problem

You seem quite confident about this, but based on the doctors I know writing notes is a real pain and mostly seen as (important) scutwork. They're only given a set amount of time to see a patient (including notes), and if you can reduce notes they'd actually get more time talking and seeing the patient.

[alach11]

> if you can reduce notes they'd actually get more time talking and seeing the patient

You're not thinking like a hospital administrator. Sounds like these doctors can handle 40% more patients to me!

[SkyPuncher]

You're both correct. My wife is a psychiatrist. I'm friends with several doctors through her.

Everyone hates notes. However, there are already a bunch of dictation services that help write notes more efficiently. They absolutely work well enough.

Adoption and funding is the primary blocker. When my wife works at facilities that have M-Modal, she's 80%+ faster. However, she works at many, who despite knowing the benefits, simply don't care to spend the time, money, or resources on implementing scribe/dictation services.

[thfuran]

What percent of that scutwork is actually note taking rather than clicking a bunch of checkboxes or combo boxes or otherwise navigating through EHR UI?

[JohnFen]

The last time I visited a doctor, he had an assistant with him that took all the notes.