ArticleApplied clinical informatics2020
Do You Know What Your Scribe Did Last Spring? The Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Scribe Workflow.
Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- How Providers Can Optimize Effective and Safe Scribe Use: a Qualitative Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Translating ethnographic data into knowledge, skills, and attitude statements for medical scribes: a modified Delphi approach.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Principles for Designing and Developing a Workflow Monitoring Tool to Enable and Enhance Clinical Workflow Automation.Applied clinical informatics · 2022Article
- Medical Scribe Impact on Provider Efficiency in Outpatient Radiation Oncology Clinics Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Telemedicine reports · 2022Article
- The Use of Medical Scribes in Primary Care Settings: A Literature Synthesis.Medical care · 2021Review
- The future of medical scribes documenting in the electronic health record: results of an expert consensus conference.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Health Information System's Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A National Cross-sectional Study.Applied clinical informatics · 2021Observational
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Abstract
objectiveTo understand the impact of the shift to virtual medicine induced by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had on the workflow of medical scribes.
designThis is a prospective observational survey-based study.
settingThis study was conducted at academic medical center in the United States.
participantsSeventy-four scribes working in ambulatory practices within an academic medical center.
interventionsAll medical scribes received a survey assessing their workflow since beginning of COVID-19 restrictions. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES: To assess the current workflow of medical scribes since transition to virtual care. Secondary outcomes are to assess the equipment used and location of their new workflow.
resultsFifty-seven scribes completed the survey. Overall 42% of scribes have transitioned to remote scribing with 97% serving as remote scribes for remote visits. This workflow is conducted at home and with personal equipment. Of those not working as scribes, 46% serve in preclinic support, with a wide range of EHR-related activities being reported. The remaining scribes have been either redeployed or furloughed.
conclusionThe rapid transition to virtual care brought about by COVID-19 has resulted in a dramatic shift in scribe workflow with the adoption of a previously unreported workflow of remote scribing for virtual care. Additional work is now needed to ensure these new workflows are safe and effective and that scribes are trained to work in this new paradigm.
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