Why Use Scribe Services?

More and more emergency physicians are contracting with scribe service providers as a way to boost efficiency and profitability while improving patient care. Scribes allow you to unlock the unrealized benefits of your existing documentation system while avoiding the substantial burdens imposed by these systems. Most importantly, scribes allow you to balance the demand for increased productivity while maintaining the highest quality care.

The typical EMSS medical scribe is a pre-health student who works part-time with an emergency medicine physician group while in school. EMSS scribes are trained to become documentation experts who increase revenue through improved physician efficiency and the accurate capture of true patient acuity. The improved charge capture results in a rapid return on investment and enhanced long-term profitability.

Scribe Roles & Responsibilities

• Contemporaneously document the history and physical exam as it is being performed by the ED physician
• Transcribe all ancillary test results and the interpretation of the results by the physician, including any lab tests, imaging tests, ECGs and ABGs.
• Record physician's consultations with family members and/or other physicians
• Review prior medical records to obtain PMH information, and prior labs, ECG and radiographics studies for comparison
• Alert physician when chart is incomplete
• Assist with medication reconciliation documentation
• Document procedures and treatments performed by the physician or any other healthcare professional, including nurses and physician assistants
• Check on the progress of lab, X-ray or other patient evaluation data and notify the physician of ancillary tests
• Record physician-dictated diagnoses, prescriptions and instructions for patient discharge and/or follow-up

If enabling the most effective use of a documentation system to increase revenue and satisfaction is your goal, working with a professionally managed scribe program is a must.

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