Impact of Medical Scribes on Physician and Patient Satisfaction in Primary Care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1109-1115

  Pozdnyakova, Anastasia ^a   Laiteerapong, Neda ^b   Volerman, Anna ^b   Feld, Lauren D ^b   Wan, Wen ^b   Burnet, Deborah L ^b   Lee, Wei Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; doctor patient relationship; electronic health records; patient doctor communication; physician well being; primary care; primary care redesign; scribe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; WORKFLOW; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045935458     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4434-6     Document Type: Article

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