Doctor and Patient: For New Doctors, 8 Minutes Per Patient

Researchers found that doctors-in-training are now devoting only about 12 percent of their time at the patient’s bedside, far less than in previous generations, instead spending almost half their days in front of a computer screen documenting their cases.

Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/for-new-doctors-8-minutes-per-patient/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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