The demand for Medical Scribes in the United States continues to grow, as more and more physicians and health care providers realize the benefits scribes bring to their practice. Traditionally, for every hour that physicians provide direct face time to patients – 2 more hours are spent on Electronic Health Records and other clerical work. A growing strategy to decrease this clerical burden is to use Medical Scribes trained to document patient encounters in real-time.

The advantage of having medical office training helps when you’re expected to assist providers with administrative tasks such as handling phone calls, retrieving lab results, and other duties as needed to improve efficiency and productivity. You’ll likely also become an asset to your medical office team with your broad knowledge base and ability to assist in many departments.

Since the EHR is at the core of a Medical Scribe’s daily job functions, students will gain knowledge of medical clinic workflow systems by engaging and interacting with a Simulated Software Application. The book and software activities included in this program use a building block approach to learning the medical clinic workflow processes. This approach ensures students are prepared to synthesize and organize medical data into a coherent entry so that it complies with office protocols, federal regulations, and insurance requirements. In addition to preparing for the AMSP certification exam, the role of a Scribe will include clerical and administrative functions, graduates are also prepared to sit for the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) exam sponsored by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). By obtaining certification as a CMAA, students demonstrate to employers that they can keep the medical office running efficiently and effectively. This combination of certifications provides graduates with a significant advantage in a competitive market, and the cost of both exams is covered by MedCertsI