The economic impact of medical scribe provision on physician productivity in outpatient clinics: a scoping review
Ashwag Al Dhuhaibat, Thomas Mason, Erik Koornneef · 2026
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Ashwag Al Dhuhaibat and colleagues review what is known about the money side of medical scribes in United States outpatient clinics. Scribes take over note writing so doctors can spend more time with patients, yet reports on cost and output gains have been mixed. The team searched nine databases for work from January 2010 to September 2024 on scribe effects in clinic care.
Screening 1,945 records left 20 studies that fit the review, spanning before-and-after designs, cohort work, two randomized trials, and simulations. Only 13 of the 20 studies tried a return-on-investment count, and just 6 of those counted full costs like pay, training, and staff turnover. Gains in doctor output appeared often, but uneven study designs limit firm claims. Clinic managers get a clear map of what the proof does and does not show.
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| CREATOR | Ashwag Al Dhuhaibat, Thomas Mason, Erik Koornneef |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53900 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |