Impact of Scribes on Billed Relative Value Units in an Academic Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 370-376

  Heaton, Heather A ^a   Nestler, David M ^a   Jones, Derick D ^a   Varghese, Rachelen S ^a   Lohse, Christine M ^a   Williamson, Eric S ^a   Sadosty, Annie T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

documentation; emergency department; relative value units; revenue; RVUs; scribe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RELATIVE VALUE UNIT; SCRIBE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008420126     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.11.017     Document Type: Article

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