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Interesting "degree" program ... - see msg
Posted: Jan 21, 2015
The link below is to a "medical scribe" associates degree program. The course content looks almost like their other programs, like HIT and medical office. It takes two years. Also, look at the COST.
That is for a job that requires standing on your feet chasing doctors around dragging a computer, is high-demand and high-stress, and which is paying about minimum wage.
Dragging a computer - Analytical
[ In Reply To ..]You don't "drag around a computer" (you would need an awfully long cord), you use a handheld device similar to a tablet PC. Every facility is different, but where I work the interns and medical students act as scribes and the MAs and CNAs perform the scribe duties. It actually is a valuable skill to have if you can incorporate it into other job duties.
Not everyone has handhelds - Wifi
[ In Reply To ..]Sorry, but not everyone uses handhelds. Ours are cart-mounted, like an IV stand only stable and more durable. The keyboard and monitor are at an appropriate height. They are wifi, so no cords are necessary.
Facility size? - Analytical
[ In Reply To ..]I guess it would depend on the size of the facility. I work in ambulatory care for a large facility. All of our exam rooms are equipped with PCs for the provider to use or they bring their handheld device into the room. I've never actually been to an appointment where a scribe was used although our hospital docs use them when they make rounds. I just can't imagine anyone moving a computer from room to room in this technological age.
Facility Size? Enormous - sm
[ In Reply To ..]My facility is an enormous tertiary-care integrated healthcare system. Yes, it's a teaching facility. We provide more than just ambulatory care.
We have desktop computers everywhere, including clinic rooms, ED rooms, etc., basically everywhere someone could want one except patient rooms. For wards, most providers simply use a nearby computer, or they tote a mobile one along with them. They're very nice computers on a stand-up device with wheels, full size keyboard, big monitor. I'm surprised that you would think that was outdated technology.
We don't make anyone poke around on a tablet, and we think they're harder to carry and juggle. We tried some and the providers didn't prefer them.
Our main reason for avoiding handhelds is network security. We do not allow bring-your-own devices.
We have no scribes and no MT service. Our physicians use a combination of templates and front-end SR.
The thread is about scribes and what - sm
[ In Reply To ..]they use, not what the physicians use.
Asked my PCP about the pay for his - scribe
[ In Reply To ..]It was below $8.00 an hour.
Terrible pay - BeenThereMT
[ In Reply To ..]That's certainly not a living wage.
8-20 dollars/hour - AnonEmus
[ In Reply To ..]this is an interesting article. check out about MTs - where do they get their statistics, or does this include overseas MTs... if there are only 20,000 USA MTs (MTStars claim at their site anyway) where are the other 60+ thousand? Scribes are most always pre med and very young...
"The American College of Medical Scribe Specialists predicts that the number of scribes will increase from the 20,000 today to 100,000 by 2020. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t track medical scribes specifically. It projects the population of what it calls “medical transcriptionists” to grow from 84,000 in 2012 to 90,500 in 2022.) The ACMSS is working to develop national standards for what’s now an unlicensed profession, says Kristin Hagen, the group’s executive director."
http://fortune.com/2015/01/09/medical-scribes-tech/
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