Physicians Angels has provided Virtual Medical Scribe services to doctors nationwide since 2007. We created the company out of personal frustrations with growing amounts of medical data that had to been entered into our EHRs, interfering with patient time.
We designed our Virtual Medical Scribe service based on research showing that EHRs increase data-entry time and medical office staffing cost, without demonstrating real gains in a doctor's productivity. We felt EHRs end up converting the most expensive labor - doctors and nurses - into low-paid, data-entry personnel. Add to this the high cost of EHR software programs, and Physicians Angels identified a growing market need for data management personnel. (This is one way to view a medical scribe.)
We also came to believe that, just as CT scanners and other expensive medical technology require trained technicians, EHRs require highly- trained medical scribes to ensure their efficient and productive use.
Our Virtual Medical Scribes - whom we call "Angels" - perform routine administrative functions for doctors that do not require more expensive onsite staffing. Our Virtual Medical Scribes are located offsite in data management centers linked to a medical office via the Internet. Imagine them as executive or medical assistants, but who work for your office remotely.
Among the core tasks our Virtual Medical Scribe "Angels" perform during medical exams:
Transcribe patient visits for doctors in real-time, using VoIP software
Document clinical information in the doctor's EHR
Enter relevant CPT/ICD codes into the EHR for billing purposes
Process e-prescriptions in the doctor's EHR
Our Virtual Medical Scribes learn a medical practice's EHR - to date, we have worked successfully with several dozen - and adapt to the practice's existing IT infrastructure. We group our Virtual Medical Scribes by medical specialty and deliver our services via employee leasing arrangements. This allows our scribes to develop strong working relationships with medical practices, while ensuring a consistent level of quality service.
With increasingly complex insurance structures, litigation, and governmental regulations, physicians and their medical staff find themselves spending far too much time being providers of care to papers and not patients. Physicians have had to write notes, dictate, hire scribes, add electronic medical records, and even resort to audiovisual recordings of patients' encounters just to protect themselves and get adequately reimbursed, all under the guise of improving patient care. We at Physicians Angels combine the best of technology, communications, and patient care to deliver an efficient and professional service to your practice. We provide a scalable, virtual work force that follows healthcare providers and patients through the process of delivering health care. Angels employees are intimate with the work flow and operational systems of the providers they are contracted to serve. They accelerate the workflow process and yield higher productivity with existing staff.
Physicians Angels offers complete, easy, and professional care. We are always there for you, 24/7. How do we care for you and your practice? Physicians Angels is a unique physicians' cooperative that brings medical offices together into virtual online offices. These offices are staffed with specialized leased employees. Currently offices in Maryland, West Virginia, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and California are using the same pool of employees to get work done efficiently and quickly. For example, if one of our office billers is sick or the staff is overwhelmed, we are able to lease additional help from billers and extra staff working for an office in Maryland and Michigan. Offices in the cooperative always have just the right amount of staff for the work they need done. Plus, offices in expensive areas can use staff in lower cost areas. Our service allows for greater flexibility and efficient, productive work days. Co sourcing and resourcing is what distinguishes Physicians Angels as a global provider of managed employees.
For More Details: http://www.physiciansangels.com/
Physicians Angels offers complete, easy, and professional care. We are always there for you, 24/7. How do we care for you and your practice? Physicians Angels is a unique physicians' cooperative that brings medical offices together into virtual online offices.
For More Details: http://www.physiciansangels.com/
For More Details: http://www.physiciansangels.com/
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