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Column: ‘Box checking’ steals doctors’ time away from patients

Every minute that my nurse spends administering an additional form or screening is a minute that we cannot elicit concerns and provide care, family physician Michael Layne argues in a guest column.
Every minute that my nurse spends administering an additional form or screening is a minute that we cannot elicit concerns and provide care, family physician Michael Layne argues in a guest column.
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Excessive screening and other "box checking" robs doctors of the limited time they have with patients, worsening care, Michael Layne, M.D., writes in a guest column.

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