This issue appears to grow by the day. A constant bombardment of EPIC chat, paging, texting to our trainees/faculty. Great paper in NEJM last year the "Ecology and of Attention". We must focus on "prioritizing quality of communication over frequency"
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Want to know why residents are fatigued? It’s not because of the patient care. It’s because of the constant interruption. I got 762 notifications on tiger connect on my night shift last night. How am I supposed to focus if I keep getting non-urgent questions?