The evolving role of medical scribe: Variation and implications for organizational effectiveness and safety

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 234, Issue , 2017, Pages 382-388

  Woodcock, Deborah V ^a   Pranaat, Robert ^a   Mcgrath, Karess ^a   Ash, Joan S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; Electronic health record; medical scribe; patient safety; sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; MEDICAL SCRIBE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 85012283217     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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