Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

Juliana Brixey; Zhihua Tang; David J. Robinson; Craig Johnson; Todd R. Johnson; James P. Turley; Vimla L. Patel; Jiajie Zhang

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Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

September 24, 2016

Brixey J, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77(4):235-41.

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The investigators shadowed emergency department nurses and physicians and identified the types of interruptions that occurred and what factors contributed to them.

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