In the last few years, health care industry developments have increased record-keeping responsibility on physicians, making their job more difficult. A national survey commissioned by The Physician Foundation revealed that 80 percent of physicians say they are overextended and spend 21 percent of their time on non-clinical paperwork.
The adoption of “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs) has led to a expansion of new responsibilities for doctors. Many have found it challenging to provide their usual high standard of patient care while simultaneously managing new methods to track and record patient health information.
