[2] The company was founded in 1995 in Fort Worth, Texas by Dr. John Geesbreght, an emergency department physician and Dr. Elliott Trotter, also an emergency department physician, who began a model program at Harris Methodist Hospital.

[5] Medical scribes work side-by-side with emergency department physicians throughout their shift and document the entire patient encounter in real-time.

[7] An estimated 22 companies provide scribe services across the United States.

In 2014, Inc. magazine named PhysAssist Scribes one of the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the country, with reported revenue of $29.3 million in 2013.

[10] In May 2014, Ernst & Young announced that PhysAssist Scribes’ President and CEO Alex Geesbreght was a finalist for the 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his company’s founding role in the medical scribe services industry.