ScribeAmerica

ScribeAmerica
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Lancaster, California, U.S.
FoundersMichael Murphy
Luis Moreno
Headquarters
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
,
U.S.
Area served
United States
Key people
Dave King CEO
ServicesMedical scribe
RevenueIncrease $76 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
4,635 (2014)
Websitescribeamerica.com

ScribeAmerica is a provider of medical scribes to hospitals and medical practices.[2][3][4] Co-founders Michael Murphy and Luis Moreno met in 2002[5] and founded ScribeAmerica the following year in Lancaster, California.[2][6][7][8] ScribeAmerica was headquartered in Aventura, Florida[2][9] but recently moved its main offices to a larger facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The company had an annual revenue of $32.1 million in 2012.[10] In August 2014, the company had 4,100 scribes[11] in 610 hospitals.[1][12][13] As of December 2014, the company had 4,635 employees across 580 contracts. ScribeAmerica acquired Medical Scribe Systems (Emergency Medicine Scribe Systems Inc.) in 2015 [14] and PhysAssist, a competing scribe company, in November 2018.[15] In the Wall Street Journal, Murphy estimated 10,000 medical scribes work in the United States, mostly in emergency rooms.[16]

The Affordable Care Act offers incentives to the adoption of electronic medical record-keeping.[16][17][18] ScribeAmerica is the most frequently-used medical scribe provider in the United States and documented 7 million patient visits in 2012.[4][19][20] Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act passed in 2009, the company has grown 90-100% each year.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b Zillman, Claire (9 January 2015). "An old-school fix to doctors' tech woes: Medical scribes". Fortune. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Katie Hafner (January 12, 2014). "A Busy Doctor's Right Hand, Ever Ready to Type". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Dolan, Pamela Lewis (November 28, 2011). "Scribes can ease documentation burden -- for a price". www.amednews.com. American Medical News. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Stacey Burling (April 21, 2011). "Electronic medical records systems create need for scribes to input data". Philly.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  5. ^ David Zax (16 June 2014). "How ScribeAmerica will help doctors focus on patients, not paperwork". Fast Company. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  6. ^ Keith Darcé (June 9, 2007). "Aiding ER doctors". Union Tribune. Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  7. ^ Joseph Conn (February 8, 2010). "Docs using scribes to ease EHR transition". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "Capital City Recap Segments". WILS 1320. January 14, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  9. ^ Neil Chesanow (February 27, 2014). "Hate Dealing With an EHR? Use a Scribe and Profits Increase". Medscape.
  10. ^ "ScribeAmerica". Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  11. ^ Dolly A. Butz (10 July 2014). "Medical scribes help Sioux City doctors focus on patients". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  12. ^ Dayal McCluskey, Priyanka (March 31, 2014). "Doctors prescribe scribes". Boston Herald. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  13. ^ Ellis Booker (February 12, 2014). "Do Doctors Need EHR 'Scribes'?". Information Week. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  14. ^ "Medical Scribe Services Firm Acquires Fellow Provider". Staffing Industry Analysts. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  15. ^ Wilson, Justin (November 1, 2018). "HealthChannels Announces Acquisition of Texas-Based PhysAssist Scribes" (PDF). ScribeAmerica. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Alan J. Bank (6 April 2014). "In Praise of Medical Scribes". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Scribes Are Back, Helping Doctors Tackle Electronic Medical Records". NPR. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  18. ^ Christopher Snowbeck (7 June 2014). "The doctor will see you now. So will the scribe". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  19. ^ Cindy Atoji (January 19, 2014). "Vendor Switching Takes Root". The Progressive Physician. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  20. ^ Shiv Gaglani (16 April 2014). "Say What? Scribes Seek to Prevent Physician Burnout: Interview with CEO Dr. Michael Murphy". medGadget. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  21. ^ Lorraine Ash (22 June 2014). "Obamacare's early impact in Morris". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 August 2014.