How do interruptions affect clinician performance in healthcare? Negotiating fidelity, control, and potential generalizability in the search for answers
Interruptions in healthcare are studied in the field, simulators, and laboratory. The goal is to test whether interruptions can harm clinicians and their patients. Methods used vary in fidelity, control exercised, and potential generalizability. Studies with low fidelity should be more representative of healthcare work. Research would be improved by programs of studies and improving individual studies.
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