Evaluation of Attention Switching and Duration of Electronic Inbox Work Among Primary Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Primary care physicians (PCPs) report multitasking during workdays while processing electronic inbox messages, but scant systematic information exists on attention switching and its correlates in the health care setting.

Objectives

To describe PCPs' frequency of attention switching associated with electronic inbox work, identify potentially modifiable factors associated with attention switching and inbox work duration, and compare the relative association of attention switching and other factors with inbox work duration.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of the work of 1275 PCPs in an integrated group serving 4.5 million patients used electronic health record (EHR) access logs from March 1 to 31, 2018, to evaluate PCPs' frequency

SUBMITTER: Lieu TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7821028 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature