Table. Prescribe and Postscribe Survey Responsesa.
| Prescribe Question | Prescribe, Mean (SD) [n = 20] |
Postscribe Question | Postscribe, Mean (SD) [n = 22] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Using a scribe will decrease my documentation burden. | 3.55 (0.51)b | Using a scribe has decreased my documentation burden. | 3.72 (0.63) |
| Using a scribe will increase my job satisfaction. | 3.40 (0.82) | Using a scribe has increased my job satisfaction. | 3.59 (0.79) |
| Having a scribe will allow me to increase the number of patients I see. | 3.10 (0.72) | Having a scribe has allowed me to increase the number of patients I see. | 3.22 (0.87) |
| Working with a scribe will allow me to spend more time working with patients. | 2.95 (0.69) | Having a scribe has allowed me to spend more time working with patients. | 3.00 (0.89) |
| A scribe will help me close out encounters in a more timely manner. | 3.25 (0.85) | A scribe has helped me close out encounters in a more timely manner. | 3.57 (0.81) |
| A scribe will allow more time for other academic mission tasks (research, teaching, etc). | 3.32 (0.75) | Having a scribe has allowed me more time for academic endeavors. | 3.24 (0.94) |
| My patients will be more comfortable with a scribe in the room. | 2.90 (0.55) | How have your patients responded to the scribe experience?c | 3.36 (0.53) |
| Using a scribe has increased my documentation accuracy. | 3.05 (0.79) | ||
| Using a scribe has increased my efficiency in clinic. | 3.27 (0.83) | ||
| Having a scribe has reduced my sense of burnout. | 3.45 (0.91) |
a
Dermatologists at a single academic institution completed the baseline prescribe survey regarding demographic factors and clinical documentation practices. Means and standard deviations of dermatologist responses to perceptions of medical scribes before and after quality improvement pilot project. Dermatologists strongly agreed with scribe use decreasing documentation burden, increasing job satisfaction, and decreasing burnout.
b
All responses on a 4-point Likert scale, 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree.
c
For this question, responses are on a 4-point Likert scale with the following options, 1 = strongly dissatisfied, 2 = dissatisfied, 3 = satisfied, 4 = very satisfied.