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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Hospitals,hopingtocurbmedicalerror,haveinvestedheavilytoputcomputers,smartphonesand otherdevicesintothehandsofmedicalstaffforinstantaccesstopatientdata,druginformationand casestudies.
Butlikemanycures,thissolutionhascomewithanunintendedsideeffect:doctorsandnursescan befocusedonthescreenandnotthepatient,evenduringmomentsofcriticalcare.Apollshowedthat halfofmedicaltechnicianshadadmittedtextingduringaprocedure.
Thisphenomenonhassetoffanintensifyingdiscussionathospitalsandmedicalschoolsabouta problemperhapsbestdescribedas"distracteddoctoring."Inresponse,somehospitalshavebegun limitingtheuseofelectronicdevicesincriticalsettings,whileschoolshavestartedremindingmedical studentstofocusonpatientsinsteadofdevices.
"Youjustifycarryingdevicesaroundthehospitaltodomedicalrecords,butyoucansurfthe InternetordoFacebook,andsometimesFacebookismoretempting,"saidDr.PeterPapadakosatthe UniversityofRochesterMedicalCenter.
"Mygutfeeling(本能的感觉islivesareindanger,"saidDr.Papadakos."We'renoteducating peopleabouttheproblem,andit'sgettingworse."
Asurveyof439medicaltechniciansfoundthat55percentoftechnicianswhomonitorbypass machinesacknowledgedthattheyhadtalkedoncellphonesduringheartsurgery.Halfsaidtheyhad textedwhileinsurgery.Thestudyconcluded,"Suchdistractionshavethepotentialtobedisastrous."
Medicalprofessionalshavealwaysfacedinterruptionsfromcellphones,andmultitaskingissimplya factoflifeformanymedicaljobs.Whathaschanged,saydoctors,especiallyyoungerones,isthatthey faceincreasingpressuretointeractwiththeirdevices.
Thepressurestemsfromamantra(信条)ofmodemmedicinethatpatientcaremustbe"data driven,"andinformedbythelatest,instantlyaccessibleinformation.Bymanyaccounts,thetechnology hashelpedreducemedicalerrorbyprovidinginstantaccesstopatientdataorprescriptiondetails.
Dr.PeterCarmel,presidentoftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,saidtechnology"offersgreat potentialinhealthcare."butheaddedthatdoctors'firstpriorityshouldbewiththepatient.
Whydohospitalsequiptheirstaffwithcomputers,smartphonesandotherdevices? A.Toreducemedicalerror.
B.Tocopewithemergencies.
C.Tofacilitateadministration.
D.Tosimplifymedicalprocedures.
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