Improved emergency department patient flow: five years of experience with a scribe system.
Alternative methods for rapidly producing accurate medical records, usually dictation-transcription systems or nurse-scribe methods, have been used in emergency departments. We now have more than five years of experience with a non-nurse scribe system. This system has proven effective in generating accurate and complete medical records while enhancing patient flow. We describe the system and its implementation.
D004282:Documentation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*