I&#x27;m not sure that&#x27;s relevant to the article - it sounds like a general lament about the US healthcare system that could have been attached to any article on US healthcare. Have we established that doctors in the US have to deal with more documentation than doctors in other industrialized healthcare systems? I think establishing that is required to turn this discussion into one about the problems of the US healthcare system versus others.<p>Regarding the content, this doctor provides compelling <i>arguments</i> that the documentation doctors have to require takes a large toll on the doctors themselves and their patients, but I&#x27;m curious if we can look at data to corroborate that. For example, maybe the copious note taking improves patient care because more information is available to more people, and is not trapped in the head of one doctor. Note I am not saying that is <i>necessarily</i> true, but we&#x27;ve been presented with arguments and anecdotes - very compelling ones, which I am inclined to agree with. But it is probably not wise to change healthcare policy without looking at what data we can.