MEDICAL SCRIBING
A medical scribe is a person who has been trained to swiftly and accurately record doctor-patient interactions so that doctors don't have to. As a result, doctors can give patients more individualized care and spend more time face-to-face with them without being distracted by charts.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems have replaced paper records, allowing clinicians to provide cogent and high-quality healthcare, but they have also added a significant load. In order to ensure accuracy for insurance and billing purposes, EHRs demand detailed documentation and feature numerous checkboxes that must be checked and unchecked. One error could have far-reaching consequences.
Hence, they only get to spend about a third of their workweek actually providing healthcare; the rest is taken up with paperwork and other administrative tasks. Because of this, many doctors often cease seeing patients an hour or more before their shift ends, yet they still stay over their scheduled time to finish paperwork. Because of this, fewer patients are seen per shift, more time is spent at the office, and unsigned charts accumulate over a period of days.

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