Distracted Doctoring Returning to Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age

The problems related to clinical distractions have grown in a brief amount of time. In addition to the expended use of electronic medical records, handheld technologies, and AI, staffing issues are reaching crisis levels. There is a considerable threat to patient safety, professional performance, and wellness.

This book exposes the breadth or risks covered in the previous edition while expanding into new topics. The team of authors represents a diverse group of experts that offer different perspectives.

Distracted Doctoring is written for physicians, including anesthesiologists, surgeons and general practitioners, PAs, NPs, nurses, pharmacists, technologists, other members of the health care team (clinical and non-clinical), researchers, health care administrators and students.

Introduction.- 1.Medicine Enters the Computer Age.- 2.Addiction to Technology & Speed.- 3.Documenting While Doctoring: Attention and Distraction in the Exam Room.- 4.The Impact of Technology on Communication Within the Patient-Physician Relationship.- 5.Physician Dissatisfaction, Stress, and Burnout, and Their Impact on Patient Care.- 6.Managing Distractions Through Advocacy, Education, and Change.- 7.Electronic Devices as Potential Sources of Biological Contamination.- 8.The Dangers of Social Media Affecting Professional Reputation.- 9.Digital Distraction and Legal Risk.- 10.Electronic Etiquette:A Curriculum for Health Professionals.- 11.Mindful Practitioners, Mindful Team and Mindful Organizations Attending to Core Tasks of Medicine.- 12.Psychological Safety and the Relationship with Electronic Distraction.- 13.How to write professional notes in the EMR.- 14.PRIMUM NON NOCERE.- 15.Virtual Reality as an Innovative and Mindful Approach to Advance Patient Centered Care in the 21st Century.- 16.Cyberloafing in Healthcare.-17.Surgical Technology and Surgical Processing - Noise & Electronic Distraction and the Impact on Quality Patient Care.- 18.Minimizing Electronic Noise and Distraction in the Work Place- A Risk Officers Perspective.- 19.ELECTRONIC CHALLENGES TO PATIENT SAFETY AND CARE.- 20.Administrative Considerations in Providing Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age.- 21.Risk Reduction and Vigilance in Anesthesia.

Dr. Peter J. Papadakos is Professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. He serves as Director of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Rochester. He is also Professor of Medicine at Mercer University in Macon Georgia. Dr Papadakos is also Professor of Respiratory Care at Genesse College in Rochester NY. He is the co-editor of Encyclopedia of Trauma Care (Springer) as well as the author of numerous monographs, book chapters, original papers, and reviews.

Dr. Roy H. Constantine is the Administrative Director of Advanced Practice Provider Services at Catholic Health -  St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®, Roslyn, NY, USA. He is a co-editor of the publication, “Integrating Advanced Practice Providers into the ICU” (Society of Critical Care Medicine) and has written and produced numerous articles, chapters and podcasts.