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
Why?
- 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.
More:
- A Frank Look at Physician Suicide
- Integrity and Accountability [The Declining State of Physician Health and the Urgent Need for Ethical and Evidence-Based Leadership]
- Possible Causes of The Military Suicide Epidemic
- A Look at Suicide Statistics
- About Suicide Economics
- Understanding Physician Assisted Suicide
- Psychopathy and the Medical Profession
- The Monetary Value of Human Life
Join me this July 4th weekend to declare your independence
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDF0kJpVpXw&feature=player_embedded
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