Documentation and clerical tasks can take upwards of 30% of a clinician’s shift time. Scribes may allow clinicians to see more patients per day because they alleviate this burden.
With less time spent charting, clinicians can see patients sooner, reducing their time in the waiting room.
Scribes are completely focused on the patient chart, ensuring that no elements are missed.
With a scribe in the room, patients have the undivided attention of their clinicians. They feel they are receiving higher quality care, which leads to a better patient experience.
Scribes alleviate clinician frustration with the electronic medical record (EMR) and reduce the number of hours spent at home charting, improving clinician satisfaction, and reducing burnout.
With clinicians spending less time in between patients catching up on documentation, they can focus on interactions with the care team.
By improving E&M coding and worked RVUs, and by decreasing downcodes and missed ancillaries, our scribe program can essentially pay for itself.