Can scribes boost FPs' efficiency and job satisfaction?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 206-214

  Earls, Stephen T ^a,b   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Begley, Susan ^b   Saver, Barry G ^c   Sullivan, Kate ^a   Chuman, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Swedish/Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency Faculty   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMFORT; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 85017144693     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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