The E SQUARE Physician Scribe®
is an
exciting innovation in documentation and clinical information management,
which will revolutionize the emergency department environment and the way
physician’s document.
The program is designed to enhance patient care delivery and patient satisfaction by
reducing the burden of documentation and returning the physician to the
bedside. The program centers on the training and use of physician scribes to
capture and document essential components of the patient assessment while
the physician is examining the patient. This process results in more
thorough documentation, increased reimbursement and decreased risk exposure.
Additionally, scribes are trained to efficiently manage case related data,
which enhances the quality of the work environment for all members of the
emergency department team.
Following
intensive didactic training and clinical orientation, scribes are equipped
to function as a clinical information manager and personal assistant to the
physician. Research has shown that implementation of physician scribes will
result in a decrease in door to doctor time, decrease in over all length
of stay, increased physician and facility reimbursement and expedited
patient flow through the emergency department.
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