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Re:When the Doctor Must Choose Between Her Patients and Her ... by scott_s on Monday January 25, 2016 @11:58AM (#10968277)
Correct, and I understood that, so I was not clear. My question was on whether or not patient notes are also associated with more-bureaucracy-for-the-same-health-outcome. At higher cost. Maybe more patient notes actually lead to better health outcomes, even though they're an annoyance for doctors and cause them to see less patients.
Re:When the Doctor Must Choose Between Her Patients and Her ... by Retric on Monday January 25, 2016 @12:51PM (#10968636)
Got it, it's a good point and worth looking at. Doctors taking lot's of notes while in with a patent could also lead to worse outcomes as they are distracted.

However, ~50% increase in healthcare costs would need to have a huge impact on patent outcomes or drastic fraud reduction to be worth it.