Matthew Walvick is a doctor. But until recently, when he left a large hospital to work at a startup, he felt like his day was utterly consumed with data entry.
Walvick, a former internal medicine physician at John Muir Health, recalls spending endless hours checking boxes and filling out charts on the hospital's electronic medical record system. As soon as he returned home after an exhaustive day, he'd hit refresh and be faced with yet more computer work—much to the dismay of his family.