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Growing Demand for Medical Scribes for Documentation and Coding |
Doctors have started hiring medical scribes to sail through challenges related to documentation, shortage of coders, stringent reforms and lack of time. Scribes are helping doctors focus more on patient care rather than filling forms and handling computerized patient records. While scribes take care of computer coding and note-taking, physicians tend to patients.
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A survey by ACCP-SI (American College of Chest Physicians Sleep Institute) states that most doctors sleep few hours than needed for best performance |
| On an average, face-to-face clinic visit doesn’t last more than 16 minutes as physicians increase number of patients to make ends meet |
| 70% physicians spend more than one day per week on paperwork rather than attending patients |
| Medical scribes are helping doctors strike a work-life balance by reducing their workload |
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Benefits of Hiring a Medical Scribe
The demand for medical scribes is increasing in the US as they share a physician’s burden to gather data and perform
EHR documentation.
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How Can Coders Increase their Earning Potential? |
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Experienced coders can enhance their earning potential by becoming peer reviewers, supervisors & then auditors. They can also become consultants & start earning a six figure salary. Medical coding is one profession in the US healthcare industry that offers flexibility as well as a good package.
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According to the American College of Medical Scribe Specialists (ACMSS), approximately 20,000 scribes are expected to be working at US hospitals and clinics by the end of 2014
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It is being expected that by 2020 the medical scribe industry will increase to 100,000 |
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