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Abraham Verghese, a great doctor, writer and chronicler of modern medicine writes about a serious side effect of electronic medical records: "How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers" https://t.co/QPavnaxxTY via@NYTimes

How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers The threat that electronic health records and machine learning pose to physicians’ clinical judgment — and their well-being.

Long read but worth it. US healthcare system undermines dr-patient relationship to detriment of patients and healthcare costs: "Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship" https://t.co/fgRPQCLWKA via

Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?