BookPeter J. Papadakos, Stephen Bertman, editors.
Summary: Examining-room computers require doctors to record detailed data about their patients, yet reduce the time clinicians can spend listening attentively to the very people they are trying to help. This book presents original essays by distinguished experts in their fields, addressing such critical problems and making an urgent case for reform, because while electronic technology has revolutionized the practice of medicine, it also poses a unique challenge to health care. Smartphones in the hands of doctors and nurses have become dangerously seductive devices that can endanger their patients. Distracted Doctoring is written for anesthesiologists and surgeons, as well as general practitioners, nurses, and health care administrators and students. Chapters include Electronic Challenges to Patient Safety and Care; Distraction, Disengagement, and the Purpose of Medicine; and Managing Distractions through Advocacy, Education, and Change.
Contents:
Introduction : the problem of distracted doctoring / Peter J. Papadakos and Stephen Bertman
Medicine enters the computer age / Lekshmi Santhosh and Raman Khanna
Electronic challenges to patient safety and care / Stephen Bertman
Addiction to technology and speed / Stephen Bertman
Note to my doctor : lessons from fifty years of distracted driving research / Paul Atchley
Distraction, disengagement, and the purpose of medicine / David Loxterkamp
Taking time to truly listen to our patients / Deepthiman Gowda
When it comes to the physician-patient-computer relationship, the "eyes" have it / Richard Frankel
Impact of EMRs on communication within the doctor-patient relationship / Wei Wei Lee and Maria Lolita Alkureishi
Physician dissatisfaction, stress, and burnout, and their impact on patient care / Alan H. Rosenstein
Distractions in the operating room / Michelle A. Feil
Risk reduction and vigilance in anesthesia / Roy G. Soto, Mallika Thampy, and Sara Neves
Managing distractions through advocacy, education, and change / Donna A. Ford
Electronic devices as potential sources of biological contamination / Roy H. Constantine
Digital distraction and legal risk / James E. Szalados
Electronic etiquette : a curriculum for health professionals / Peter J. Papadakos
Mindful practitioners, mindful teams, and mindful organizations : attending to the core tasks of medicine / Ronald M. Epstein
Afterword : "Physician, Heal Thyself, and Make Haste, Slowly."