Vinay Prasad: When the patient is in the room, stop typing your note

Mark Lewis shared a post by Vinay Prasad, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, on X, adding:

“The note is an epiphenomenon of the patient visit Writing it during the appointment is missing an opportunity for a truly human exchange (not unlike people who take so many pictures of an event or place that I wonder if they’re experiencing it as deeply as if they were fully present).”

Quoting Vinay Prasad’s post:

“This essay is crazy popular. I am surprised. To me it is pretty simple. 100+ comments in a few hours.”

Source: Vinay Prasad/X and Mark Lewis/X

Mark A. Lewis is the Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, the Co-Chair of adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group, and the Vice President of American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support. Dr. Lewis is also a well-known patient advocate and social media influencer. His interests are neuroendocrine tumors and cancer syndromes.