Use Of Remote Medical Scribes Linked To Lower Physician Burnout Rate In Primary Care

The use of remote medical scribes in University of Wisconsin Health (UW Health) primary care clinics reduced physician reports of feeling burnout or emotionally exhausted by 26.8% and reduced the amount of time needed for physicians to document consumer care in the electronic health record (EHR).

Before being assigned a scribe in a pilot program, 70.3% of UW Health primary care physicians reported burnout. The percentage dropped to 51.4% after using a scribe. Among a comparison group of physicians who were not assigned a scribe, the share reporting burnout rose from 50% to 60.3%. Also, with . . .