A FEW YEARS AGO, the hospitalists at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., found themselves struggling. Their individual census wasn’t particularly high—between 12 and 14 patients a day—but their productivity was below par. Billing charges were being lost, primary care physicians were waiting days for discharge summaries, and the hospitalists felt they didn’t have enough time at the bedside with patients or to discuss cases with consultants.
At the same time, the demand for hospitalist services was on the rise, but the budget wouldn’t allow hiring any more doctors.  To top it off, the physicians were still dealing with paper charts. The 15-physician group, which is staffed by Inpatient Medical Associates (IMA), caught one break in June 2012 when the 600-bed hospital implemented an EMR. But in April of that year, the doctors had started a pilot project that proved to be a key solution: using scribes to help offload much of doctors’ documentation and clerical time.
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