Obama Requirement Blamed for Doctor Burnout
The Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom charges the Obamacare requirement that doctors use electronic health records has caused a surge of burnout in the medical profession, explains Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. . .
A new report in the American Journal of Medicine found that over just three years as Obamacare was being implemented, “physician burnout increased significantly, from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent.” . . .
“The hours spent cloning notes in a mandated doctor computer relationship leaves the physician unable to experience the best part of being a doctor,” it said.
CCHF pointed out one physician, Tom Davis, “left his 25-year practice and 3,000 patients because of the ‘demands of data entry, the use of that data to direct care’ – in other words, outside control of treatment decisions.” . . .
“Fifty-four percent of physicians are affected by burnout, and the leading cause is the EHR,” Brase said. “One study found that doctors spend two hours at the computer for every hour they spend caring for patients. And a 2015 Mayo Clinic study found more than 7 percent of nearly 7,000 doctors had considered suicide in the past 12 months.” (Read more from “Obama Requirement Blamed for Doctor Burnout” HERE)
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