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Impact of scribes with flow coordination duties on throughput in an academic emergency department

from Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Impact of scribes with flow coordination duties on throughput in an academic emergency department Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 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. READ MORE

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