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Doctors
are frustrated at having to spend so much time looking at the EHR
screen during patient visits, rather than making eye contact with
patients. Some physicians feel that using a scribe will solve the
problem, but others say doctor-patient confidentiality and rapport go
out the window. Watch our video, "Would a Scribe Repair or Destroy the
Doctor-Patient Bond?" – Leslie Kane, Director, Medscape Business of Medicine
patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.
