Is the age of multitasking killing us? Designing out distractions in healthcare settings

We have two cell phones, often more than one computer or tablet. Today, we are constantly connected and communicating. Many of us spend more than half of each working day on email. We read email while we are on the phone, we are on the phone while we are emailing, and we are on a conference call while watching a training video. We’re messaging while we’re emailing while we are on a call. You know you’ve done it! Multi-tasking has become the rule of the day. In the words of NASA astronaut Jack Swigert, ‘Houston we have a problem.’

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