Digital Distraction and Legal Risk
Editor
Papadakos P., Bertman S.
Department
Surgery
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Distracted Doctoring
Abstract
The modern digital age has fostered a myth that multitasking equates to efficiency; multitasking is in fact the diametric opposite of mindfulness and focus. The human mind is incapable of focusing fully on more than one critical dataset at a time. The lack of focus is recognized to result in slips, lapses, omissions, and procedural violations. The fiduciary duty of a physician is to dedicate his or her education, training, and skill to the care of a patient’s medical care, in accordance with generally accepted standards. Where there is a conscious choice to engage in distractions during the patient-provider encounter, the expectations and rights of patients are violated; and errors, when they occur and are discovered, become difficult to defend in a court of law.
First Page
201
Last Page
218
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-48707-6_15
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Recommended Citation
Szalados, J. E. (2017). Digital Distraction and Legal Risk. Distracted Doctoring, 201-218. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48707-6_15
