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To Free Doctors From Computers, Far-Flung Scribes Are Now Taking Notes For Them

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His group, an IKS Health client, always seeks patient consent, Ting said. Janis Ulevich, a retiree in Palo Alto, California, declines her primary care doctor’s remote scribe. ” Some patients may not have the opportunity to decline. Scribes aren’t for everyone, though.

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