Disturbing trends in health care
Samaritan staff · Apr 26, 2019
- For every hour physicians spend seeing patients, they spend nearly two additional hours on paperwork/Electronic Health Records (Annals of Internal Medicine).
- 67 percent of medical professionals say they are likely to stop practicing within the next five years as a result of burnout (Genia Survey).
- 84 percent of physicians say they have witnessed coworkers put patients in danger due to shortcuts (American Association of Critical Care Nurses).
- The U.S. will face an estimated shortage of 120,000 doctors by 2030 (Association of American Medical Colleges).
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