&gt; Isn&#x27;t the fix to just stop taking more patients than you can handle comfortably and enjoyably?<p>And then the hospital starts making less money (losing money), research funding dries up, and we start using mercury to treat syphilis again. I&#x27;m only half-kidding. I say hospital because all the laws that have changed in healthcare have driven most doctors out of private practice into hospital positions. since 2004, hospital-employed doctors have gone from 11% to over 60%[1]. One major reason being that with the wave of medical reform, the overhead of running a practice has skyrocketed. &quot;Comfortable and enjoyable&quot; are rarely applicable when you only start paying off your $1m schooling debt at 30.<p>&gt; I&#x27;m surprised that they don&#x27;t feel more in-control of the situation<p>I&#x27;m not sure what else to say other than &quot;They aren&#x27;t&quot;. These are laws, not administrative suggestions. Hospitals expect&#x2F;need the same output regardless of the laws the government changes.<p>&gt; this assumption that constant note taking makes someone feel like they&#x27;re not being treated as human isn&#x27;t completely convincing either...<p>I have a life-long condition. I don&#x27;t care when my doctor is typing because I&#x27;ve had it my whole life, it&#x27;s nothing more than maintenance, and I&#x27;ll see them again in 6 months. Imagine being told you have 6 months to live from someone half-sitting behind a computer.<p>&gt;Also, why not just take micro breaks during billable time to do notes?<p>My father doesn&#x27;t eat lunch, using that time to catch up on notes. For as long as I remember, has left for work at 5am and gotten home at 8pm. He spends his Saturdays and Sundays working. And again, hospital employees don&#x27;t get to choose how many hours they bill.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.merritthawkins.com&#x2F;uploadedFiles&#x2F;MerrittHawkins&#x2F;Pdf&#x2F;mha2012survpreview.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.merritthawkins.com&#x2F;uploadedFiles&#x2F;MerrittHawkins&#x2F;P...</a>