Why every new health care tool keeps making the job harder

Most physicians spend more time fighting their software than seeing patients, and piling on new tools has not fixed it. Grace E. Terrell, a physician executive, argues that decades of layering electronic health records, population health tools, remote patient monitoring, and now AI onto sixty-year-old billing infrastructure has produced a Frankenstein stack that burns out clinicians and harms patients. This episode is based on her article "Connected health care workflows: From chore to core patient care," published on KevinMD. You will hear why layering new tools on old infrastructure keeps failing, how prior authorization became an arms race, and what a genuinely connected workflow would feel like for a clinician evaluating a patient with suspected spinal abscess. You will also learn the one question to ask any vendor pitching a new tool, and why her company's CIO believes EHRs themselves may not survive the next five years. Listen for a concrete path from chore to core patient care. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With over three million monthly readers and half a million social media followers, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast RECOMMENDED BY KEVINMD → https://www.kevinmd.com/recommended