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Sarah T Florig1, Sky Corby1, Nicholas T Rosson1
1Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|March 21, 2022
Summary
Medical scribes streamline electronic health record documentation, but this study found significant variability in chart completion times across specialties and individual providers. More research is needed to understand these differences.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Clinical Workflow Optimization
- Medical Documentation
Background:
- Medical scribes are increasingly utilized to enhance provider efficiency in electronic health record (EHR) documentation.
- Existing literature on the impact of scribes on documentation completion time is limited.
- Variability in clinical workflows necessitates an understanding of scribe impact on documentation efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of medical scribes on chart completion time.
- To identify variations in documentation completion time among providers using scribes.
- To analyze differences in completion time across various clinical specialties and settings.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective, descriptive study design.
- Analysis of 148,410 scribed encounters from 55 clinics.
- Examination of chart completion time data across different specialties and providers.
Main Results:
- Significant variance in chart completion time was observed between different specialty groups.
- Substantial variability in completion time existed among providers within the same clinic.
- These patterns of variability were consistent across all analyzed specialties.
Conclusions:
- Utilizing medical scribes introduces a higher degree of variability in chart completion time than previously expected.
- Further investigation is warranted to understand the factors contributing to this variability.
- Optimizing scribe utilization may require tailored approaches based on specialty and individual provider needs.
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