Measuring and Maximizing Undivided Attention in the Context of Electronic Health Records

You Chen; Julia Adler-Milstein; Christine A. Sinsky

doi:10.1055/a-1892-1437

Applied Clinical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Appl Clin Inform 2022; 13(04): 774-777
DOI: 10.1055/a-1892-1437

Invited Editorial

Measuring and Maximizing Undivided Attention in the Context of Electronic Health Records

You Chen

¹Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

,

Julia Adler-Milstein

²Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Christine A. Sinsky

³American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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