Podiatrist Dr. Mark Lewis greets his first patient of the morning in his suburban Seattle exam room and points to a tiny video camera mounted on the right rim of his glasses. “This is my scribe, ...

Primary care physicians have been observed spending nearly 2 hours on EHR tasks per hour of direct patient care, underscoring how documentation burdens drive bu ...

An artificial intelligence-based virtual scribe showed promise as a documentation tool but still required work to verify information and make corrections for accuracy, according to a study by ...

Hospitals have expressed a growing interest in hiring medical scribes to ease the burden of EHR documentation on physicians. However, notes written by scribes vary in accuracy, according to a study ...

Many medical visits are narrative, fast-moving, and detail-heavy. In a single encounter, clinicians may need to capture: The ...

Are scribes really worth it? It’s a question that has likely come up for many a hospital administrator. Now a study gauging the cost/benefit ratio of medical scribes has been completed. The landmark ...

"Medical scribes" transcribe information during clinical visits in real time into electronic health records (EHRs) under physician supervision. That frees physicians to focus on the patient. Many ...

AI startup frees veterinarians from hours of post-appointment paperwork, addressing the industry's pressing burnout rates and improving patient care. KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE ...

Dr. Alan J. Bank misses the larger point of the issue of using a medical scribe ("In Praise of Medical Scribes," op-ed, April 7): The reason it is necessary in the first place is a regulatory and ...

As the pandemic led patients to shun clinics and hospitals, many scribes were laid off or furloughed. Many have returned, but scribes are increasingly working online — even from the other side of the ...