Cabrini Scribe Trial - a pilot study to investigate the relationship between emergency department scribes and emergency physician productivity - to compare physician productivity, billing and staff and patient satisfaction with and without the assistance of a scribe during emergency medicine consultations

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency physician efficiency; Emergency physician billing accuracy; Emergency Department staff satisfaction related to medical scribes; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000763741
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Katherine Walker

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-07-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

All scribed shifts and scribed patient encounters during the trial period including any where the scribe was supposed to be present but wasn't. If the scribe was asked to leave an encounter by the patient or physician the encounter will be included in the analysis.

The physicians enrolled to participate will be a convenience sample of physicians available during the specified time period. They will be voluntarily consenting to participate.

The scribe used will be one trained scribe identified in advance. This scribe will work with all the physicians.

Exclusion Criteria

Unscribed shifts

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified