The Journal of ambulatory care management
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J Ambul Care Manage · Jan 2017
Integration of Medical Scribes in the Primary Care Setting: Improving Satisfaction.
There are little published data on the use of medical scribes in the primary care setting. We assessed the feasibility of incorporating medical scribes in our ambulatory clinic to support provider documentation in the electronic medical record. ⋯ Overall indicators of patient satisfaction were slightly decreased. Providers found scribe support to be valuable and overall clinician documentation time was reduced by more than 50% using scribes.