Becoming a Medical Scribe

Electronic healthcare records have added to a doctor's workload to the point where a doctor may spend almost half of an appointment entering data, often devoting a mere 28 percent of the time to examinations and treatment. This creates a serious problem; less interaction between doctor and patient increases the risk of misdiagnosis, but medical information recorded during appointments is the most accurate.

Medical scribes offer a solution. In this emerging new healthcare career, medical sc...