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A first of its kind study shows typical interruptions experienced by on-call radiologists do not reduce diagnostic accuracy but do change what they look at and increase the amount of time spent on a case.
The implication of the finding is that as radiologists contend with an increasing number of workplace interruptions, they must either process fewer cases or work longer hours -- both of which have adverse effects in terms of patient outcomes, said Trafton Drew, the study's lead author. They also may spend more time looking at dictation screens than reviewing medical images.
"In radiology, there is a growing recognition that interruptions are bad and the number of interruptions faced by radiologists is increasing," said Drew, an assistant professor of cognitive and neural science in the University of Utah's Department of Psychology. "But there isn't much research at all on the consequences of this situation."
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 22 2018, @05:45PM (1 child)
I think we can fix the radiologists' problem with interruptions by putting them in open office plans. We should make them be more social. That's their problem. They're a bunch of anti-social dorks! Probably can't get laid either! They'll be more productive being packed in with other radiologists so they can, er, collaborate! Yeah! That's it!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 23 2018, @01:16PM
Open plan offices are not conducive to getting laid.
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