HealthAugust 20, 2026

scribed

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Definition

To have been written down or transcribed, specifically by a person or an automated system acting as a medical scribe.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'scribere,' meaning 'to write,' the term originally referred to the professional occupation of manual copying of documents before the invention of the printing press.

In the news

The word refers to the process where an AI agent transcribes a patient-clinician conversation into the electronic health record, often without the patient being fully aware.

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