Effects of medical scribes on physician productivity in a Canadian emergency department: a pilot study

Peter S. Graves; Stephen R. Graves; Tanvir Minhas; Rebecca E. Lewinson; Isabelle A. Vallerand; Ryan T. Lewinson

doi:10.9778/cmajo.20180031

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Effects of medical scribes on physician productivity in a Canadian emergency department: a pilot study

Peter S. Graves, Stephen R. Graves, Tanvir Minhas, Rebecca E. Lewinson, Isabelle A. Vallerand and Ryan T. Lewinson

September 04, 2018 6 (3) E360-E364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180031

Peter S. Graves

Department of Emergency Medicine (P. Graves), Queensway- Carleton Hospital; Faculty of Medicine (P. Graves, Minhas), University of Ottawa; Medical Scribes of Canada (P. Graves, S. Graves, Minhas, R.E. Lewinson), Ottawa, Ont.; Faculty of Health (R.E. Lewinson), York University, Toronto, Ont.; Cumming School of Medicine (Vallerand, R.T. Lewinson), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.

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Stephen R. Graves

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Tanvir Minhas

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Rebecca E. Lewinson

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Isabelle A. Vallerand

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Ryan T. Lewinson

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Physician efficiency with and without a scribe. These data represent mean values across all 22 physicians during the 4-month study.

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Table 1:
Physician characteristics
Characteristic No. (%)^*
Sex
Male 12 (55)
Female 10 (45)
Job type
Full-time 9 (41)
Part-time 13 (59)
Training
Years with independent licence to practise, mean (± SD) 11.0 (± 10.1)
Note: SD = standard deviation.
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Effects of medical scribes on physician productivity in a Canadian emergency department: a pilot study

Peter S. Graves, Stephen R. Graves, Tanvir Minhas, Rebecca E. Lewinson, Isabelle A. Vallerand, Ryan T. Lewinson

Jul 2018, 6 (3) E360-E364; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180031

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Effects of medical scribes on physician productivity in a Canadian emergency department: a pilot study

Peter S. Graves, Stephen R. Graves, Tanvir Minhas, Rebecca E. Lewinson, Isabelle A. Vallerand, Ryan T. Lewinson

Jul 2018, 6 (3) E360-E364; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180031

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Characteristic	No. (%)^*
Sex
Male	12 (55)
Female	10 (45)
Job type
Full-time	9 (41)
Part-time	13 (59)
Training
Years with independent licence to practise, mean (± SD)	11.0 (± 10.1)