Providers Regaining Their Time and Sanity With the Help of Virtual Scribes and Virtual Assistants

“We provide on a one-on-one basis a dedicated scribe who is a real human being who will work at the right hand of the provider every day throughout their clinic,” explains Steven Sica, VP of ScribeEMR, a provider of virtual scribe and virtual assistant services for medical providers of every specialty across the country. Today, Steven shares how a virtual scribe or virtual assistant can help providers regain their time and sanity.

 

Providers are busier than ever,d and quality, reliable healthcare staff is harder and harder to find. Patient care suffers when providers have less time to spend with each patient and are losing a huge portion of their days to updating electronic medical records. By bringing in a virtual scribe, the provider now regains the portion of their time that would have otherwise been spent updating charts. This virtual assistant is not AI or any sort of complicated technology, it is a real person trained in the provider’s speciality and available solely through audio on a laptop, tablet, or computer. They serve as a fly on the wall during appointments and reduce the workload of the provider.

 

Statistics show many healthcare providers are suffering from burnout. They have to see more patients in shorter time slots, spend long hours updating charts instead of going home on time to their families, and have less support staff available to help them. Instead of the healthcare facilities having to hire more staff, bringing on a virtual scribe can be a less expensive and more practical option that reduces stress and frees up valuable time. 

 

Quotes

• “We provide on a one on one basis a dedicated scribe who is a real human being who will work at the right hand of the provider every day throughout their clinic.” (6:04-6:15 | Steven)

• “We don't use any video, so it's not intrusive on the patient.” (6:38-6:42 | Steven)

• “What we recommend is putting up a placard on the exam room door, even inside the exam room, to let the patient know that there is a virtual scribe being used.” (11:19-11:29 | Steven)

• “Time is the most precious commodity that we have.” (12:15-12:17 | Steven) 

 

Links

Connect with Steven Sica:

Website: www.ScribeEMR.com 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevensica

 

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