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Lamar Alexander: “If you're spending 40 or 50 percent of your time filling out records instead of talking to patients, either you're not…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
If you're spending 40 or 50 percent of your time filling out records instead of talking to patients, either you're not doing your job or we're not doing our job.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Emphasizing the need to reduce administrative burdens on physicians.

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