ScribeAmerica

ScribeAmerica
Private
Industry Healthcare
Founded Lancaster, California 2004 (2004)
Founder
  • Michael Murphy, MD
  • Luis Moreno, MD
Headquarters Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Area served
 United States
Key people
 Michael Murphy, M.D. CEO
Sarah Lamb, COO
Services Medical scribe
Revenue Increase $76 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 4,635 (2014)
Website scribeamerica.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 larger facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The company had 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. In the Wall Street Journal, Murphy estimated 10,000 medical scribes work in the United States, mostly in emergency rooms.[14]

The Affordable Care Act offers incentives to the adoption of electronic medical record-keeping.[14][15][16] ScribeAmerica is the most frequently-used medical scribe provider in the United States and documented 7 million patient visits in 2012.[4][17][18] Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act passed in 2009, the company has grown 90-100% each year.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 Zillman, Claire (9 January 2015). "An old-school fix to doctors' tech woes: Medical scribes". Fortune. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Katie Hafner (January 12, 2014). "A Busy Doctor's Right Hand, Ever Ready to Type". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Pamela Lewis Dolan (November 28, 2011). "Scribes can ease documentation burden -- for a price". http://www.amednews.com/article/20111128/business/311289959/5/. American Medical News. Retrieved April 12, 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. 1 2 Stacey Burling (April 21, 2011). "Electronic medical records systems create need for scribes to input data". Philly.com. 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. ↑ Priyanka Dayal McCluskey (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. 1 2 Alan J. Bank (6 April 2014). "In Praise of Medical Scribes". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Scribes Are Back, Helping Doctors Tackle Electronic Medical Records". NPR. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  16. ↑ Christopher Snowbeck (7 June 2014). "The doctor will see you now. So will the scribe.". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  17. ↑ Cindy Atoji (January 19, 2014). "Vendor Switching Takes Root". The Progressive Physician. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  18. ↑ Shiv Gaglani (16 April 2014). "Say What? Scribes Seek to Prevent Physician Burnout: Interview with CEO Dr. Michael Murphy". medGadget. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  19. ↑ Lorraine Ash (22 June 2014). "Obamacare's early impact in Morris". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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