Overworked Physicians Need Medical Scribe Services

As a patient screener, I feel like I have contributed to helping our community stay safe. The job is rewarding as it has also opened my eyes to other opportunities in healthcare. The staff at Scrivas has been helpful and encouraging as well.

Being a COVID-19 Healthcare Screener has allowed me to take part in “flattening the curve”. My efforts at the healthcare facilities I serve has helped keep patients and healthcare workers safe which in turn has helped reduce exposures in our community. I love having a position where I know I am making a difference and enjoy working with such a great team.

I really enjoy screening patients at the Miami Cancer Institute. It makes me feel like I am on the front lines of this pandemic. Screening visitors for COVID-like symptoms makes me feel as if I am truly making a difference and ensuring that our staff and patients are walking into a safe place. I love making small conversations with the visitors. There are so many stories that walk in through those doors. These patients have a special place in my heart because my mom had cancer. Thankfully, she beat it! But I feel for them. They are going through enough so if I can make them smile, laugh, or make them feel seen (even if it's just for that short exchange), then my job is complete. My favorite part is hearing that bell be rung. I get chills every single time.

With Scrivas at our side we have increased physician productivity, morale and reimbursement. Beyond the standard improvements it has allowed our physicians to spend quality time with patients instead of the computer. In our opinion this has been the greatest impact considering the current competitive healthcare landscape.

My experience at Scrivas has helped me in many aspects of life. It has helped me mature, fall more in love with medicine and inspire me to push harder to reach my goal of becoming an MD. I have learned a lot more than I thought I would have and have built many relationships with professionals that I can look up to and will help/push me to reach my goals.

Being a scribe has taught me underlying skills such as how to work in an intense environment, working under pressure, time management, thinking quickly on your feet, working efficiently as a team alongside your coworkers, and even planning ahead for your shift. Besides having had the chance to work in different health care environments, such as the emergency room, ambulatory care practices, and with adults and pediatrics, being a scribe allowed me the opportunity to observe and learn from physicians about different procedures, and even their thought process behind treating a patient. Overall, I am so grateful for the opportunities that working as a scribe has given me in preparation for my future career as a nurse.

I started working as a Scrivas scribe in August of 2019 for the breast oncology clinic and then moved to the genetics clinic in January 2020. Everyone I have worked with has always been welcoming and appreciative of my work. I have built such a great relationship with everyone that allows for great team cohesiveness and efficiency. As a scribe I have learned how to properly document physician notes, significantly increased my knowledge of medical terminology, witness physician-patient interactions every day and so much more. I love being a scribe and it has truly helped me in my own personal pursuit to becoming a physician.

Working as an ER scribe gave me an opportunity to work side-by-side with physicians, build relationships with them and learn from them. I learned a great deal about how physicians think, the challenges physicians face and how they overcome them. This experience made me stand out as a medical school applicant, as I was able to show that I understand much about the profession before having already entered it. While being a scribe is challenging at times, the rewards were immeasurable, and I will forever be grateful for this opportunity.

As a medical scribe for Scrivas, I facilitate a physician's work day by, documenting all patient encounters. This allows physicians to truly devote all their attention to their patients rather than clerical duties, and therefore, save even more lives. As a future physician myself, scribing has provided me with the opportunity to begin learning about medicine before entering medical school. I get to learn from experienced doctors and mid-levels, as well as patients. I will continue to assist the wonderful physicians I work with and my hope is to be as amazing as they are, one day.

I started with this company four years ago this month and it has been one of the best experiences. This job has given me the opportunity to not only boost my resume but also learn from some of the most amazing and kind healthcare workers, including physicians, NPs, PAs, nurses, and techs in the ERs and Urgent Cares where I work. Trust me, the knowledge I have gained from scribing has given me the upper hand in nursing school.

"Our busy ED has gone through two major EMR Go-Lives and Scrivas’ support during both of them has been exemplary. They served as a vital link between the administration, providers, and technical support staff for our Go-Lives providing their expertise on a variety of issues and offering their insight in documentation workflow, EMR usage, and billing requirements to ensure the changes from one EMR to another went smoothly.”

"It was by chance through a friend I heard about Scrivas when I was looking to add a scribe for my GYN office practice. It has been a life changing experience for me. First of all, the time it has saved on nights and weekends has been a tremendous experience. I no longer feel like I have a second full-time job. Scrivas has been so professional throughout the process from learning my practice behaviors and charting techniques to providing incredible experienced scribes who capture the history better than I have in the past on my own. I feel like I have my life back without compromising the quality of good charting, documenting history and expressing the assessment and plan. The scribes have been incredibly professional, fast and accurate and I can imagine doing this again without them. Your management team and scribes have been awesome, and I look forward to our continued relationship in the future."

“Scrivas has met all of our Upper Keys Gastroenterology, Marathon General Surgery, and Emergency Department scribe requests. They have been professional and courteous. The Scrivas team is very knowledgeable on the Cerner Millennium application. We do frequent upgrades to the system which periodically changes the workflow and/or layout of the application. Scrivas has been very good at learning the workflow for each specialty quickly.”