Administrators & Payers Have Hijacked Our Medical Records

The challenge for physicians? To re-engage and collaborate in well-conceived point-of-service practice redesigns and meaningful quality improvement initiatives instead of responding to these initiatives with, “I’m too busy,” “I’m burned out” or “I quit.”

Timothy Harrington, MD, is retired from rheumatology practice and a professorship of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisc. He has served the ACR/ARHP on the Committee on Rheumatologic Care, the Communications and Marketing Committee, the Osteoporosis Task Force and the Quality Measures Subcommittee, and as an editor of ACR news. He is an ACR Master and Paulding Phelps awardee. He is now a consultant in clinical practice performance.

Disclaimer: This article expresses the views of the author and not necessarily those of the ACR and The Rheumatologist.

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