How Much Paperwork for a Doctor and Other Professions?

Image courtesy of Gualberto107 at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net The Annals of Internal Medicine recently published a paper which investigated how much time a doctor spends on paperwork after following 57 U.S. physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, and orthopedics who were observed for 430 hours, 21 of whom also completed after-hours diaries. The conclusion was during a typical day, 27.0% of their total time was on direct clinical face time with patients and 49.2% on "…

12/17/2016 0

Continue Reading

Voice Problems Trouble Teachers

A hoarse voice is an endemic problem in professions who use their voices a lot including preachers, journalists, lawyers, and especially teachers. In the general population, 1 in 4 report a voice problem at some point in their life. Among teachers, 47 percent report some degree of voice abnormality on any given day ; 20 percent of teachers report missing work due to voice problems, and 1-in-10 teachers has been forced to leave the profession by voice woes. Even in Fauquier County, every ye…

9/04/2010 1

Continue Reading