Open AccessThe Impact of Phone Interruptions on the Quality of Simulated Medication Order Validation Using Eye Tracking
Author(s) -
Maxime Thibault,
Céline Porteils,
Stéphanie Goulois,
Arielle Lévy,
Denis Lebel,
Jean-François Bussières
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
simulation in healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-713X
pISSN - 1559-2332
DOI - 10.1097/sih.0000000000000350
Subject(s) - phone , confidence interval , medical prescription , pharmacy , computer science , association (psychology) , odds ratio , medicine , psychology , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , psychotherapist
Order validation is an important component of pharmacy services, where pharmacists review orders with a focus on error prevention. Interruptions are frequent and may contribute to a reduction in error detection, thus potential medication errors. However, studying such errors in practice is difficult. Simulation has potential to study these events.