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I expect to turn around from my screen someday, and Arnold will lift me by my throat saying, “You haff not been doing yuh meaningfuluse.” We practice in a time when EHR confounds us by freezing, crashing and chaining us continuously to our work, as we spend evenings and weekends on documentation. Read more.
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