tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 29

EHR Compliance: Joint Commission Changes Course, Allowing Physician Assistants to Direct EHR 'Scribes'

PAs are once again listed as 'independent practitioners' thanks to new verbiage.The use of 'scribes' to document your practitioners' notes is commonplace in many practices--but just which clinicians are allowed to utilize help from scribes has been under fire recently. However, that policy may be more clear now that The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued a new directive on allowing physician assistants (PAs) to use scribes to record their medical notes. Background: Previously, TJC specified that a PA was not considered an independent licensed practitioner, a requirement for being able to use scribes. This was problematic for many...

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