Influence of Scribes on Patient-Physician Communication in Primary Care Encounters: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the increasing adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, documentation-related burdens have been increasing for health care providers. Recent estimates indicate that primary care providers spend about one-half of their workdays interacting with the EHR, of which about half is focused on clerical tasks. To reduce documentation burdens associated with the EHR, health care systems and physician practices are increasingly implementing medical scribes to assist providers with real-time documentation. Scribes are typically unlicensed paraprofessionals who assist health care providers by documenting notes electronically under the direction of a licensed practitioner or physician in real time. Despite the promise of scribes, few studies have investigated their eff

SUBMITTER: Danak SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657447 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature