Mental mayhem: the peril of multitasking in medicine.

Joseph R, Harry E. Medical Economics. June 27, 2019.

Multitasking can negatively affect cognitive load and diminish safety. This magazine article reports on how multitasking can contribute to surgeon fatigue, burnout, and decreased task completion in the perioperative environment. Checklists to automate workflow and limiting the number of patient charts that can be open at one time can help reduce extraneous cognitive load.

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