Impact of Scribes with Flow Coordination Duties on Throughput in an Academic Emergency Department
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Thomas, Keith; Marcum, Joshua; Wagner, Alexei; Kohn, Michael A.
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Introduction: With the increasing influence of electronic health records in emergency medicine came concerns of decreasing operational efficiencies. Particularly worrisome was increasing patient length of stay (LOS). Medical scribes were identified to be in a good position to quickly address barriers to treatment delivery and patient flow. The objective of this study was to investigate patient LOS in the mid- and low-acuity zones of an academic emergency department (ED) with and without medical scribes.
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Date of Publication
2020
Title
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume Number
21/3
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Thomas, Keith; Marcum, Joshua; Wagner, Alexei; Kohn, Michael A.