Others suggest that scribes can be a benefit to doctors and patients by shouldering the minutia of recording many of the details on a computer. “This is literally an exploding industry, filling a perceived gap, but there is no regulation or oversight at all,” said George Gellert, regional chief medical informatics officer at Christus Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio, which uses scribes.
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It can be republished for free ( details). The American College of Scribe Specialists was created by ScribeAmerica’s founders in 2010. About a third of them are certified and that’s voluntary, according to the sole professional body for scribes. Regulation and training are not rigorous.
After buying three rivals this year, it employs 10,000 scribes working in 1,200 locations. has 15,000 scribes today and their numbers will reach 100,000 by 2020, estimates ScribeAmerica, the largest competitor in the business. They enter relevant information about patients’ ailments and doctors’ advice into a computer, the preferred successor to jotting notes on a clipboard as doctors universally once did. A national campaign for electronic health records is driving business for at least 20 companies with thousands of workers ready to help stressed doctors log the details of their patients’ care - for a price. Nearly 1 in 5 physicians now employ medical scribes, many provided by a vendor, who join doctors and patients in examination rooms.
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