Virtual Scribe Services Decrease Documentation Burden Without Affecting Patient Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Virtual scribe services (VSS) are a contemporary take on the in-person scribes utilized as a means to reduce administrative burden on physicians and enhance the physician-patient interaction. The purpose of this study was to determine whether VSS use could decrease the time an orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon spends on documentation without diminishing the patient experience as compared with traditional postencounter dictation (TD).

Methods: Fifty patients presenting for first-time visits with a single orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon were prospectively enrolled and randomized to VSS or TD prior to the physician-patient encounter.

Second Metatarsophalangeal Joint Interpositional Arthroplasty Using Decellularized Human Dermal Allograft: Operative Technique.

Unlabelled: Arthrodesis of an osteoarthritic second metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint is suboptimal because of altered gait mechanics; hence, joint-preserving procedures are of value. Autograft interpositional arthroplasty is one available option with excellent results, but there are potential concerns regarding donor site morbidity and insufficiency of the autograft material. We present here an alternative technique, an interpositional arthroplasty using allograft.