IMPORTANT! NEW CAREERS FOR MTs. - Get out of MTSO companies for good.

I have been enrolled in college for the last year while still working.  Found out today about a whole new carrer that has just come out and being created because of EHR/EMR and now being offered and will become even more popular.

My teachers in college informed me of a meeting they had in the city where I live.  This meeting was held with physicians, PA's, NP's, MT's, Medical Assistance, nurses, etc. 

Because of EHR/EMR, most doctor's (about 78%) do not like the point and click method of dictation.  The other physicians who do are usually young and computer savy.  These few physicians who are computer savy happen to do very well when they are in the exam room during a patient physical and are able to not only type their own dictation on the computer in front of patient, but also have good patient contact at the same time.

The other 78% of the physicians "despise" being with a patient at the same time having to type info in the computer.  In fact, physicians are losing patients because of this problem.  The patient feels the physician does not care about them as a "patient" and feel their computer is more important.  Also is taking too much time for physicians to have to type or point and click info while examining the patient.  Physicians are not liking what is happening with the transcription work by having to pay high costs to MTSO companies and also physicians are not wanting the work sent to other countries.  To much HIPAA liabilities.  

TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?????  The medical staff and personnel have decided to create a new job called (several names) Scribers, or MA Scribers, or medical scriber, or med scribe, or medical assistant scribers.  No, this is not related to MedScribe the company. 

Here are a couple of websites of medical scribers: 

https://ochsner.myvurv.com/main/careerportal/Job_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=12810

http://www.medicalscribe.org/

This new career is taking off.  I am currently in a medical assisting program and with my knowledge of medical transcription for 20 some years, this will help me to get a job.  You can work in clinics, hospitals, etc.   

The Medical Scribe will document the patient's history and physical, the physician's interaction with the patient, the procedures performed, the results of laboratory studies, and other pertinent information. This may be accomplished by using a COW (computer on Wheels) which the Medical Scribe takes with him or her throughout the shift.  The Medical Scribe may also be responsible for ordering laboratory/radiology studies, assisting with the patient's disposition documenting consultations, and notifying the physician when important studies are completed.

This whole new career is taking off and physicians have voted for wanting to have their dictation in-house or rather in-clinic settings by having a scriber.  Physicians are not so much into the point and click method and prefer  a human being to help them through this process of dictation and the future of EMR/EHR because in the long run, it will be more cost-effective to have a human being do the work then a computer operated by an MTSO company, especially overseas. 

You can apply to FASFA which is free and fill out the information.  This will help you not only pay for your schooling, but also give you extra money to help live on if needed, although you do have to pay it back with no interest or little interest.  It is like a grant for some.  Check your local community college???  

Hope this helps, but I am extremely very excited about learning this information today.  It should give us all hope and if we all get employed with this new career, then we get to leave MQ and start making the average of 38,000 a year as a scriber with awesome benefits.  We can leave the board of directors scrambling and trying to find newbies to fill our positions or better yet, how about the board of directors sit and edit the dictation for the measely 4 cents a line to fill in the gap.