I definitely think that AC has slowed me down a bit, and I do a lot more that staff used to do. So I agree with Travis & David.
It may come down to the patient mix, to some extent. David & I are internists. Nobody gets/changes just one prescription. Nobody knows their pharmacy, and if they do, only the phone number, not the street address that AC uses to search for the pharmacy. I am amazed that Bert prints out an order for a CBC and hands it to the patient. Only a CBC? I never order a single study; these folks all have a dozen problems. Did you remember to look up and put the Medicare certified ICD code on the lab order for every test?
Everything in the above paragraph used to be a staff task. Now they are all mine.
