How do residents spend their shift time? A time and motion study with a particular focus on the use of computers

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 827-832

  Mamykina, Lena ^a   Vawdrey, David K ^a,b   Hripcsak, George ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84961944014     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001148     Document Type: Article

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