DOCs – Declare your INDEPENDENCE Day!

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By Pamela Wible MD via Ann Miller RN MHA

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9 out of 10 doctors wouldn’t recommend medicine as a profession

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 Why?

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Here are a few factoids.
  • Pages in U.S. tax code: 74,608
  • Pages of Medicare regulations by which physicians must abide: > 132,000
  • Current number of diagnostic and procedure codes doctors must know: 17,000
  • Number of codes docs are responsible for with new guidelines in October: >140,000.
  • Percent of working hours doctors spend on non-patient-related paperwork: 22 percent
  • Percent of working hours doctors spend on patient-related paperwork: > 60 percent
  • Percent of time doctors spend looking at computers instead of patients: 40 percent
  • Percent of working hours new doctors spend face-to-face with patients: 12 percent
  • Which is how many minutes per patient: 8

Assessment

Maybe that’s why over 1 million Americans will lose their doctors to suicide this year.

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Join me this July 4th weekend to declare your independence

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDF0kJpVpXw&feature=player_embedded

LINK: youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDF0kJpVpXw?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360

One Response

  1. Dr. Ronan Tynan MD

    Sings God Bless America

    Enjoy on this day!

    Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA

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