American Medical Association Executive VP and CEO James L. Madara, MD, said technological advancements may often disrupt practices, which may hinder patient outcomes and satisfaction, according to HealthCare IT News.
Here are four things to know:
1. Dr. Madara provided the following statistics to illustrate how technology takes away from patient care:
• Nearly 50 percent of a physician's time is allocated toward entering data
• A physician spends 33 percent of his or her time with a patient
• At the end of each day, physicians, on average, spend two hours finishing data entry from that day
2. To combat such technological issues, the AMA is facilitating relationships with health IT and vendors and enhancing those relationships to ensure practices can efficiently use technology.
3. To develop effective technology, the healthcare industry needs physician input. "We'd do much better if products and services are deeply informed by our actual problems and needs, rather than flying on an entrepreneur's incomplete view," Dr. Madara said.
4. AMA President Steven Stack, MD, said the organization will continue to try to amend technological issues plaguing physicians, including frustrations with meaningful use.
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