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Chapter 18 - Downside and Risks of Digital Distractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

By
Peter J. Papadakos  and
Albert Yu
Edited by
Andrew B. Leibowitz  and
Suzan Uysal
Andrew B. Leibowitz
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Suzan Uysal
Affiliation:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Summary

Our workplace has changed so dramatically that a new term for this chapter was created to describe it, electronicized. This chapter will focus on the associated issues of distraction due to personal electronic devices (PEDs), electronic medical records (EMRs), EMR’s OR equivalent, anesthesia information management systems (AIMS), and alarms. The digital distraction due to the combination of these devices will be described. Specific concerns will be raised regarding PED’s ubiquity as a distinct threat to vigilance that has the potential to be significantly disruptive and potentially injurious. Alarm fatigue due to the quantity and large number of false alarms will also be reviewed in detail

Keywords

Vigilancedigital distractionpersonal electronic deviceselectronic medical recordsanesthesia information management systemsalarm fatiguefalse alarmsmonitoringpatient safety
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Modern Monitoring in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care , pp. 173 - 179
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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