{"id":2718,"date":"2017-09-13T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saince.com\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2023-10-26T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:28:02","slug":"doctor-shortage-crunch-meaningful-time-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saince.com\/blog\/doctor-shortage-crunch-meaningful-time-use\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctor Shortage Crunch and Meaningful Time Use."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saince.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/hospital-admin-1024x337.jpg\" alt=\" shortage of doctors\" width=\"1024\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2721\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today USA is facing a major shortage of doctors. The Association of American Medical Colleges has estimated that by 2025 the doctor shortage in the US will have increased to between between 46,100 and 90,400 doctors! This critical shortage becomes even more pronounced when a physician has to complete documentation in<em> EMR<\/em> and perform a host of other administrative tasks which take up most of the their productive time. Well intended regulations like HITECH Act, and financial incentives for \u201cmeaningful use\u201d have allowed poorly designed and inefficient <em>EMR \/ EHR technologies<\/em> to encroach on their valuable time. Many doctors, who already find themselves struggling with their patient loads, are seeing their time increasingly eaten away by complicated and difficult to navigate <em>EHRs<\/em> and <em>CD systems<\/em>. Saince is embarking on integrating artificial intelligence into its <em>CD solutions<\/em> in an effort to alleviate this time crunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today USA is facing a major shortage of doctors. 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