Is doctor-patient relationships becoming less personal? The short answer is yes. This is not true for all doctors and some doctors may not even know they are becoming less personal. Why? Modern day technologies just suck the “good” right out of the patient relationship.

You might have noticed your doctor keeps his/her attention more at his/her computer when asking questions than at you. Don’t get upset with your doctor. They are just doing what they have to in order to properly input what has to be satisfied for the software to work correctly. If you are a Medicare/Medicaid patient, it must be perfect or the doctor will not get paid.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) software frustration can also make your doctor less personal. Today’s EHR systems are typically not user friendly and most EHR companies are forced to bend their software to fit government regulations, some of which has little or nothing to do with patient care.

Doctors make less and less each year. In the last 20 years doctor salaries have declined, especially if you factor in inflation. Doctors are expected to do more with less. Managing their practice, especially today with COVID-19, may also be a component.

To become a doctor cost more than it did 20 years ago. New doctors may have a huge college debt they must pay off. A young doctor could easily fail just by picking the wrong technologies to help them run there practice.

MedTrio understand these issues. We know how to get the most from insurance claims so doctors can stay in business. Our healthcare software is designed to fit the practice with customized software for our doctors and their staff to reduce EHR/office management frustrations and improve efficiency.

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Author: Brent Luyet

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