CODE BLACK - Beauracry of Hospitals.

I just watched CODE BLACK, a documentary about the Healthcare and ER in L.A County.  I learned about the famous C-booth (a location in L.A. county hospital where only the most critical get seeing).   It didn't surprise me that these doctors that were having patients waiting for almost 20 plus hours had to waste hours on filling paperwork. Our society has become so regulated that our doctors are spending precious time filling out paperwork than seeing patients that are on the brink of death. Things need to change and for the better. We as Americans are so happy to jump onto a lawsuit we are technically making the system worse with all the paperwork and precautions to cover our own asses. We are saturating a system that is already saturated.  I've been reading a book called, The Power of Habits. Coincidently, I am in the second section of the book that writes about decluttering organizations of habits that are not productive and instead implementing habits that are useful and act as a catalyst for other improvements. Doctors are so afraid of malpractice, for good reason,  that healthcare has become extremely regulated.  I do recognize that some regulation is good and that it is needed. What truly bothers me is watching a doctor tell the camera that he wants to see the patient over there (feet away) because she needs some kind of procedure but before he could even touch her, he has to fill out about 25 minutes of paperwork. He is clearly fighting with himself on whether to do something else or start on the paperwork. He walks away and does something else.  Eventually, the camera shows him filling the paperwork or some paperwork.  

I felt hopeless seeing this documentary and wishing there was something I could do to change the system. People should not be waiting sick and injured for that long. It's inhumane.