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The Impact Of Medical Scribes On Emergency Physician Diagnostic Testing And Diagnosis Charting, Lucas Nelson, Brett R. Todd
The Impact Of Medical Scribes On Emergency Physician Diagnostic Testing And Diagnosis Charting, Lucas Nelson, Brett R. Todd
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INTRODUCTION
Since the widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs), medical scribes have been increasingly utilized in emergency department (ED) settings to offload the documentation burden of emergency physicians (EPs). Scribes have been shown to increase EP productivity and satisfaction; however, little is known about their effects on the EP’s diagnostic process. We aimed to assess what effect, if any, scribes have on EP diagnostic test ordering and their documentation of differential diagnoses.