Medical scribes help relieve doctors' digital record keeping

Dr. Arthur Jey shepherded a middle-aged female patient, hunched over in pain, from the Sutter General emergency waiting area to a nearby exam room – wrapping an arm around her back as he placed her gently in a chair. He knelt on the hospital floor as he examined her aching abdomen and asked about her health history. In a corner of the room, Veronica Cordero, a medical scribe, clacked at the keyboard on her mobile workstation. With doctors such as Jey burdened by what they say are the growing demands of digital record keeping, Cordero was providing much-needed relief. Medical scribes electronically document patient visits so doctors don't have to, and they're in high demand across the country.