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“Absolutely correct, not to this extent. And even if it is “old” news, it’s STILL completely awful. “

Yup! During a 20 minute appointment, my doctor spends more than half of the visit typing crap into his computer. And that’s after the nurse has taken vitals and typed all of that in as well. It’s a disgrace! The medical “profession” has morphed into a bunch of clerk typists. The other thing one has to do is ( provided you have access, and luckily I do ) peruse your records to see what they are inputting and make them make required corrections that you question.
The other thing that’s happened is their questions about your life that are totally unrelated to the process of maintaining your health. Now, like the cops, you don’t discuss most things with your doctor because he is a government agent and he’s subservient to the government and not to you.

The medical “profession” has morphed into a bunch of clerk typists. It's incredible that we are at this point in our history. Fortunately, I went through cancer surgery and chemo/radiation in 2009-2010, just before the onslaught of Obamacare. Lucky for me, I have an MD in the family and any care I need now is off the record. Soon, more and more docs are going to be treating people for cash in their homes, just like the good 'ol days.

Yup! During a 20 minute appointment, my doctor spends more than half of the visit typing crap into his computer.

Ain’t that the truth! I just pull out my phone and read FR while he and his Med. Asst type. We don’t really say anything to each other. This is true of the specialists and surgeons he refers, too.