Costs and productivity benefits of the VA MISSION Act scribes trial

To improve access, the VA MISSION Act of 2018 mandated a two-year study of medical scribes in Veterans Health Administration specialty clinics and emergency departments. Medical scribes are employed in clinical settings with the goals of increasing provider productivity and satisfaction by minimizing physicians ’ documentation burden. Our objective is to quantify the economic outcomes of the MISSION ACT scribes trial.

Source: Value in Health - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul R. Shafer, Sivagaminathan Palani, Iman Saeed, Aaron Legler, Kyle Barr, Kristina Carvalho, Steven D. Pizer Source Type: research