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You are here: Home / Articles / Unwise Choices: EHRs, PBMs, Drug Costs Are Leading to Physician Burnout

Unwise Choices: EHRs, PBMs, Drug Costs Are Leading to Physician Burnout

November 5, 2017 • By Simon M. Helfgott, MD

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Simon M. Helfgott, MDSimon M. Helfgott, MD, is associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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Filed Under: Electronic Health Records, Opinion, Practice Management, Rheuminations, Workforce Tagged With: burnout, Career, costs, dissatisfaction, drug, EHR, Electronic health records, Healthcare, insurance, pharmacy benefit managers, physician, Practice Management, rheumatologistIssue: November 2017

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