"Medical Record Assistants are expected to be a vital resource in future healthcare settings."

Links

Emergency Medicine News - The Era of the Scribe: Lightening the EP's Load:
http://www.em-news.com/pt/re/emmednews/fulltext.00132981-200402000-00001.htm

Medical Economics - What a scribe can do for you:
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=278018

Emergency Physicians Monthly - Scribes Hold the Key to ED Efficiency
http://www.epmonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=563&Itemid=28

Emergency Physicians Monthly - Rick Bukata on ED Scribes
http://www.epmonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=531

Wikipedia - ER Scribe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe_(ER)

Sign on San Diego - Aiding ER Doctors:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070609-9999-1b9scribes.html

Medicaltabletpc.com - Hospital's 'scribes' help them focus more on patients, less on paperwork
http://www.medicaltabletpc.com/content/view/566/29/

Star Tribune - Scribes Keep The Record Straight:
http://www.startribune.com/jobs/11399186.html

The Journal of Young Investigators - Expediting the ER Process: The Emergence of Emergency Room Scribe Programs:
http://www.jyi.org/features/ft.php?id=939

Inside Electronic Medical Records - Hospital Improves ED Discharge Rate by Replacing Doctors with Scribes for EMR "Secretarial Work":
http://insideemr.com/articles/scribes1-3.html

USA Today - Our view on medical treatment: Ailing ERs threaten patients, leave communities vulnerable:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/05/our-view-on-med.html

Associated Press - Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MED_ER_WAITING

Physician's Practice - Strategy: Could You Use a Scribe?:
http://www.physicianspractice.com/index/fuseaction/articles.details/articleID/972.htm

Review of Ophthalmology - Scribes: Improve Documentation, Increase Compliance:
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_380.htm

TIME - Electronic Medical Records: Will They Really Cut Costs?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1883002,00.html

North County Times - Hospital uses scribes in the ED; Med students use high-tech tablets to help emergency docs
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/coastal/oceanside/357c04bda717bf318825741f005c2653.txt