Medical Scribing Services That Give Physicians Their Time Back

A medical scribe is a trained documentation specialist who records patient encounter information in real time or asynchronously within your EHR — capturing history of present illness, review of systems, physical examination findings, assessment and plan, orders, and follow-up instructions. This allows the physician to focus entirely on the patient during the encounter rather than dividing attention between the patient and documentation. EMBS scribes are trained in specialty-specific terminology, clinical workflows, and your specific EHR system before they begin documenting.

A transcriptionist converts dictated or recorded audio into text after the encounter has ended — producing a transcript that still requires physician review, editing, and manual EHR entry. A medical scribe works in real time during the encounter, entering structured clinical documentation directly into the EHR as the visit unfolds — including assessment and plan, orders, and follow-up. The result is a complete, structured note that requires only physician review and sign-off, saving significantly more time than transcription and producing billing-ready documentation from the moment the encounter ends.

EMBS scribes save the average provider 2–3 hours of documentation time per day — time currently spent on post-visit charting, chart catch-up, and EHR inbox management. For a physician seeing 20–25 patients daily, this documentation burden typically consumes 2–4 hours of post-clinic or after-hours time. With scribing, charts are completed in real time and ready for physician sign-off immediately after the encounter — eliminating the documentation backlog that is one of the primary contributors to physician burnout in modern medical practice.

EMBS scribes work with all major EHR systems including Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Kareo, AdvancedMD, DrChrono, Modernizing Medicine, NextGen, Allscripts, Practice Fusion, and 10+ more. Scribes are trained on your specific EHR before they begin documenting — including your templates, custom fields, order sets, and workflow preferences — ensuring documentation quality is consistent from the first session.

Yes. EMBS provides scribing support for telehealth encounters — joining the virtual visit as a silent observer through a secure, HIPAA-compliant connection and documenting in real time exactly as they would for an in-person visit. Telehealth scribing follows the same specialty-specific documentation standards and EHR workflows as in-person scribing. We support all major telehealth platforms including Doxy.me, Zoom for Healthcare, Teladoc, and others.

Scribing improves billing in two ways. First, same-day chart completion means charts are available for coding the same day the service is rendered — reducing billing turnaround time by 25% and accelerating cash flow. Second, complete, detailed documentation captures the clinical complexity that supports accurate E&M level selection — reducing undercoding of complex visits and providing the medical necessity documentation required for higher-reimbursed procedure codes and specialty-specific services.

Most scribes are fully operational within 5–10 business days of engagement. The onboarding process includes: EHR system training using your specific templates and workflows, specialty-specific terminology training, review of your documentation preferences and style, and a supervised shadowing period before live documentation begins. EMBS manages the entire onboarding process — you provide access and preferences, we handle training and readiness assessment.