2014年6月四级阅读

The hospitals, hoping to the curb Medical error, have invested heavily to put computers,smart phones and other devices into the hands of medical staff for instant access to patient data,drug information and case studies.

But like many cures, this solution has come with an unintended side effect: doctors and nurses can be focused on the screen and not the patient, even during moments of critical care.a poll showed that half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure.

This phenomenon has set of an intensifying in discussion at hospitals and medical schools about a problem perhaps best described as “distracted doctoring” .In response, some hospitals have began limiting the use of electronic devices in critical settings,why schools have studied reminding medical students to focus on Patients instead of devices.

“you justify carrying the devices around the hospital to do medical records,but you can surf the Internet or do Facebook,and sometimes is more tempting”,say doctor Peter,papadakos,at the university of Rochester medical center.

“My gut feeling本能的感觉is lives are in danger”,say doctor Papadakos.”we're not educating people about the problem,and it's getting worse.”

A survey of 439 medical technicians found that 55 percent of the technicians

who monitor bypass machines acknowledged that they had talked on cellphones during heart surgery.half set,they had texted while in surgery.the study concluded , “such distractions have the potential to be disastrous”. Medical professionals have always faced interruptions from cell phones,and multitasking is simply a fact of life for many medical jobs.what has changed,say doctors,especially younger ones,is that the face increasing pressure to interrupt with their device.The pressure's stems from a mantra 信条of modern medicine that patient care must be “data driven ,”And informed by the latest,instantly accessible information.by many accounts,the technology has helps reduce medical error by providing instant access to patient data all prescription detail.

Dr. Peter Camel, president of the American medical association, said technology “Offers great potential in health care”,but he added that doctor's first priority should be with the patient.