Allow Physicians To Refocus On Patient Care
January 04, 2017 By James Madara, M.D.
Widespread efforts to use financial incentives to encourage physician compliance with an ever-growing list of box-checking exercises are missing the forest for the trees on health care quality improvement. Qualitative research conducted by the RAND Corp., in partnership with the AMA, shows physicians derive satisfaction from spending more time with their patients and on performing the complex cognitive tasks for which doctors are so well trained.