Modern Healthcare May 30, 2020
In recent years, the use of medical scribe services has grown to help physicians with their mounting documentation burdens; but in the age of COVID-19, providers may have to reevaluate using them.
Scribes typically transcribe what a physician says during a patient exam and complete clinical documentation for the physician to review and sign off on. That can allow a physician to dedicate more time to direct patient care.
But now, as hospitals work to limit exposure to the novel coronavirus among patients and staff, they’re bringing scribes online to support telemedicine visits, and weighing the pros and cons of even having a scribe—another body—in the same room for non-emergent care.
UAB Medicine has had success with virtual scribes, or...
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