Why is this tolerated? It seems like such an absurdly basic problem to fix. Years and hundreds of thousands of dollars of advanced medical training is distilled into a note/prescription that looks like a fucking five year old wrote it. It's pathetic.
A personal anecdote: I went to a doctor recently. He opened my notes, squinted at them, and then asked me what medications he had prescribed me. That was my last visit to him.
It's actually an extremely difficult problem to fix. Anything new that restricts doctors in any way, shape, or form has to come from up high, and it also has to be across the board. Few hospitals have the luxury to turn away doctors, and few areas have enough doctors doing general practice. Make a new regulation, and some doctors will sigh and do it - but other doctors will move on... unless there's nowhere to move to that doesn't also have the new requirement.
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Why is this tolerated? It seems like such an absurdly basic problem to fix. Years and hundreds of thousands of dollars of advanced medical training is distilled into a note/prescription that looks like a fucking five year old wrote it. It's pathetic.
A personal anecdote: I went to a doctor recently. He opened my notes, squinted at them, and then asked me what medications he had prescribed me. That was my last visit to him.
It's actually an extremely difficult problem to fix. Anything new that restricts doctors in any way, shape, or form has to come from up high, and it also has to be across the board. Few hospitals have the luxury to turn away doctors, and few areas have enough doctors doing general practice. Make a new regulation, and some doctors will sigh and do it - but other doctors will move on... unless there's nowhere to move to that doesn't also have the new requirement.