An Observational Study of Hospital Paging Practices and Workflow Interruption Among On-Call Junior Neurological Surgery Residents

摘要

BackgroundPrevious studies suggest that nonurgent pages comprise a substantial portion of the pages received by residents while on duty. We evaluated the number, type, and urgency of pages received and the task being performed at the time of paging by on-call junior neurosurgery residents at a large teaching hospital, with the aim of providing insight into mechanisms that can be developed to improve paging patterns and ultimately reduce physician distractions due to nonurgent communications.