Scribes are finding their place in emergency rooms

Well, they have gone too far! Bet this woman didn't know wireless might make it worse.

http://tinyurl.com/4amyo5m

http://www.tmsspecialtyproducts.com/article/Scribes-are-finding-their-place/201101280805MCT_____NEWSSERV_BC-HEALTH-SCRIBE-SL_4160

As
 Dr. --- examined a 71-year-old woman with chest pain and dizziness
Monday in the emergency department at DePaul Health Center, scribe
Robert Peters
 stood quietly in the corner typing the woman's answers as Lebo asked
when her pain started, what medications she was taking and gathered her
family history. The doctor told the woman what might be wrong and what
tests he planned to order.



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