The use of medical scribes in health care settings: A systematic review and future directions

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-381

  Shultz, Cameron G ^a   Holmstrom, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Information systems; Medical economics; Medical scribe; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SCRIBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; STATIC GROUP COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; WORKFLOW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84929314359     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140224     Document Type: Article

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