By Frank Travis
Oct 05, 2023
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What is a pediatric scribe?
A pediatric scribe is a valuable resource for pediatricians helping to streamline workflows and improve quality of patient care. A pediatric medical scribe is a healthcare professional who assists pediatricians in managing documentation and administrative tasks in real-time.They are trained specially for pediatric practices, including medical terminology, procedures, treatments and jargon pertaining to different pediatric conditions to ensure accurate charts. Adding a pediatric scribe to your patient care team helps pediatricians provide more effective and efficient care by saving them time.
What experience does a pediatric scribe need?
A pediatric medical scribe should have at least a high school diploma or equivalent. However, some employers may prefer having a bachelor’s degree in science or healthcare field. A minimum of 2–3 years of experience in medical scribing is a mandatory prerequisite. Although not a requirement, having completed coursework in anatomy, physiology, or medical terminology looks enticing to prospective employers. A certification and specialty experience in EHR documentation would also put you in a better position than others.
What does a pediatric scribe do?
The typical role of a pediatric scribe includes the following
Real-time documentation: Document the chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical, surgical, family, and social history, current medications, allergies, review of systems, physical examination findings, laboratory and imaging results, ICD, CPT, assessment and plan, and E&M coding in real time during the conversation with the patient.
Chart Management: Organize and manage patient charts, ensuring that all necessary documents are readily accessible and organized appropriately.
Order Entry: Place orders for tests, medications, and other medical services as directed by the pediatrician.
Privacy and confidentiality: Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA regulations when handling sensitive data.
Time Management: By handling documentation, scribes enable pediatricians to spend more time interacting with patients and focus more on clinical care.
How does a pediatric scribe enhance your practice?
Pediatric medical scribes have been shown to improve physician productivity and workflow efficiency while reducing physician documentation overload. Using a scribe can improve overall documentation quality as the scribe gets to learn the pediatricians’ note-taking style and preferences. This improved accuracy and completeness of documentation leads to better patient care and outcomes. Pediatric scribes can also improve efficiency by reducing the time pediatricians spend on administrative tasks. This allows them to see more patients and spend more time on patient care, ultimately boosting their bottom line. Most importantly, relieving pediatricians of administrative responsibilities can produce significant improvements in their job satisfaction. To sum up, pediatric scribes can enhance efficiency, boost revenue, foster effective patient-physician interactions, and improve overall quality of pediatric care.
Conclusion
If you are a pediatrician looking to improve efficiency and deliver the best possible care hire Scribe4Me’s pediatric virtual medical scribes. Scribe4Me has a team of pediatric scribes who are specially trained to understand the medical terminologies, documentation practices, and nuances of pediatric care, to ensure accurate and thorough charts. Rest assured. To learn more about how our pediatric medical scribes can help enhance your practice, give us a call at (908) 760-8935 or email us at [email protected].
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Frank Travis
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Documentation is an important daily clinical responsibility. In order to optimize patient care, physicians are always on the lookout for new ways to effectively and efficiently document patient visits.
The use of virtual medical scribes has become increasingly popular in the recent years, as medical practices across the country are on the constant lookout for ways to reduce clinical documentation overload, thereby improving overall productivity.
The clerical burden associated with EHR usage is attributed as the number one cause of physician burnout. We also know that physicians spend twice as much time on EHRs and other clerical tasks compared to the time providing patient care.
