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One Year of Family Physicians' Observations on Working with Medical Scribes

Amelia Sattler, Tracy Rydel, Cathina Nguyen and Steven Lin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2018, 31 (1) 49-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170314
Amelia Sattler
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
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Tracy Rydel
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
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Cathina Nguyen
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
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Steven Lin
From the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
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