Objectives Effective and efficient communication is crucial in healthcare. Written
communication remains the most prevalent form of communication between specialised and …

Background Effective management of hospital staff time is crucial to quality patient care.
Recent years have seen widespread implementation of electronic health record (EHR) …

Background Time and motion studies have been used to investigate how much time various
health care professionals spend with patients as opposed to performing other tasks …

Background Oversights in the physical examination are a type of medical error not easily
studied by chart review. They may be a major contributor to missed or delayed diagnosis …

Recognizing the importance of teamwork in hospitals, senior leadership from the American
College of Physician Executives (ACPE), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the …

Care delivery is a complex enterprise that involves multiple interactions among multiple
stakeholders. Effective communication between these dispersed parties is critical to …

Objective To measure the time spent authoring and viewing documentation and to study
patterns of usage in healthcare practice. Design Audit logs for an electronic health record …

BACKGROUND: While there are numerous benefits of smartphone use for physicians, little
is known about the negative effects of using these devices in the context of patient care …

Methods. Over 4 weeks in November 2010, we electronically surveyed 890 self-identified
hospitalists enrolled in an online physician community, QuantiaMD. com, the largest mobile …

BACKGROUND: Communication between clinicians is hampered by the frequent difficulty in
reaching the most responsible physician for a patient as well as the use of outdated methods …