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		<title>Safety First in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[6 Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit. <p>Die Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin ist eine besonders sensible und herausfordernde Umgebung, in der die Patientensicherheit von entscheidender Bedeutung ist. Das stressiges und unruhige Arbeitsumfeld begünstigt Fehler in der Patientenversorgung ebenso wie eine mitunter dünne Personaldecke und punktuell erhöhtes Arbeitsaufkommen. Umso mehr muss in die Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit investiert werden, um Fehler in der Versorgung zu [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/safety-first-in-der-intensiv-und-notfallmedizin">Safety First in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">6 Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit</em></p> <p>Die Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin ist eine besonders sensible und herausfordernde Umgebung, in der die Patientensicherheit von entscheidender Bedeutung ist.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/safety-first-in-der-intensiv-und-notfallmedizin"><img width="760" height="1140" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?fit=760%2C1140&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="Foto von JC Gellidon auf Unsplash" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jc-gellidon-9Eb-bpTXglM-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg?w=1520 1520w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
<p>Das stressiges und unruhige Arbeitsumfeld begünstigt Fehler in der Patientenversorgung ebenso wie eine mitunter dünne Personaldecke und punktuell erhöhtes Arbeitsaufkommen. Umso mehr muss in die Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit investiert werden, um Fehler in der Versorgung zu vermeiden.</p>
<p>Hier sind sechs konkrete Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Patientensicherheit in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin:</p>
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<li><strong>Einführung von Checklisten und standardisierten Protokollen</strong>: Die Implementierung von Checklisten für häufige Notfall- und Intensivbehandlungen sowie die Entwicklung standardisierter Protokolle für kritische Situationen können dazu beitragen, potenzielle Fehler zu vermeiden und eine konsistente Behandlungsqualität sicherzustellen.</li>
<li><strong>Regelmäßige Schulungen und Simulationen</strong>: Kontinuierliche Schulungen und Simulationen für das medizinische Personal in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin sind entscheidend, um die Fähigkeiten und das Wissen bei der Behandlung von lebensbedrohlichen Situationen zu verbessern. Diese Schulungen sollten gerade auch Teamarbeit und Kommunikation in Stresssituationen fördern.</li>
<li><strong>Einsatz von Technologie zur Unterstützung der Patientenüberwachung</strong>: Fortschrittliche Technologien zur Überwachung von Vitalparametern und zur Früherkennung von Komplikationen können dazu beitragen, die Patientensicherheit zu verbessern, indem sie es dem medizinischen Personal ermöglichen, schnell auf sich verändernde Zustände zu reagieren und angemessene Maßnahmen zu ergreifen. Hier stehen wir noch sehr am Anfang der Entwicklung, wir sollten aber an der Fortentwicklung teil haben und sie aktiv befördern.</li>
<li><strong>Förderung einer offenen Kommunikationskultur</strong>: Eine offene und transparente Kommunikationskultur zwischen allen Mitgliedern des Behandlungsteams ist entscheidend, um potenzielle Fehler und Missverständnisse zu vermeiden. Ein regelmäßiger Austausch von Informationen und die Klärung von Fragen können dazu beitragen, die Sicherheit der Patienten zu gewährleisten.</li>
<li><strong>Sicherstellung angemessener Personalressourcen</strong>: Die Bereitstellung ausreichender Personalressourcen in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin ist unerlässlich, um eine qualitativ hochwertige Versorgung und eine angemessene Überwachung der Patienten sicherzustellen. Eine angemessene Personalbesetzung reduziert nachgewiesenermaßen das Risiko von Überlastung und ermöglicht eine bessere Aufmerksamkeit für jeden Patienten.</li>
<li><strong>Etablierung von Qualitätskontroll- und Verbesserungsprogrammen</strong>: Die Implementierung von Qualitätskontroll- und Verbesserungsprogrammen ermöglicht es, kontinuierlich die Sicherheitsstandards zu überprüfen und zu verbessern. Durch regelmäßige Überprüfungen, Audits und Rückmeldungen können Schwachstellen identifiziert und Maßnahmen zur kontinuierlichen Verbesserung eingeleitet werden.</li>
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<p>Wenn diese Maßnahmen konsequent umgesetzt werden, können wir die Patientensicherheit in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin verbessern und eine qualitativ hochwertige Versorgung für kritisch kranke Patienten gewährleisten. Welche Maßnahmen haben in Eurer Institution die Versorgung verbessert? Hinterlasst gerne einen Kommentar!</p>
<p>Foto von <a href="https://unsplash.com/de/@jcgellidon?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash">JC Gellidon</a> auf <a href="https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/arzt-der-die-operation-durchfuhrt-9Eb-bpTXglM?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></p>The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/safety-first-in-der-intensiv-und-notfallmedizin">Safety First in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></content:encoded>
			

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		<title>Shared Decision Making in der Intensivmedizin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Eine Schlüsselkomponente für eine ganzheitliche Patientenversorgung. <p>In der Welt der Intensivmedizin stehen Ärzte oft vor schwierigen Entscheidungen, die das Leben ihrer Patienten beeinflussen können. In solch kritischen Situationen ist die geteilte Entscheidungsfindung zu einer entscheidenden Komponente für eine ganzheitliche und patientenzentrierte Versorgung geworden. Diese Praxis ermöglicht es Patienten und ihren Familien, aktiv am Entscheidungsprozess teilzunehmen und ihre persönlichen Werte und Präferenzen [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/shared-decision-making-in-der-intensivmedizin">Shared Decision Making in der Intensivmedizin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></description>
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">Eine Schlüsselkomponente für eine ganzheitliche Patientenversorgung</em></p> <p>In der Welt der Intensivmedizin stehen Ärzte oft vor schwierigen Entscheidungen, die das Leben ihrer Patienten beeinflussen können. In solch kritischen Situationen ist die geteilte Entscheidungsfindung zu einer entscheidenden Komponente für eine ganzheitliche und patientenzentrierte Versorgung geworden. Diese Praxis ermöglicht es Patienten und ihren Familien, aktiv am Entscheidungsprozess teilzunehmen und ihre persönlichen Werte und Präferenzen zu berücksichtigen.<span id="more-1961"></span></p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/shared-decision-making-in-der-intensivmedizin"></a>
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<p>Die geteilte Entscheidungsfindung (SDM) ist ein Ansatz, bei dem Ärzte und Patienten gemeinsam Entscheidungen über die Gesundheitsversorgung treffen. Anstatt dass der Arzt allein die Entscheidungen trifft und dem Patienten Anweisungen gibt, werden Informationen ausgetauscht und die Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener Behandlungsoptionen erörtert. Dieser Ansatz beruht auf dem Prinzip der Autonomie des Patienten und der Anerkennung seiner Werte und Vorlieben.</p>
<p>In der Intensivmedizin ist die SDM besonders wichtig, da die dortigen Entscheidungen oft über Leben und Tod entscheiden. Patienten können in einem Zustand sein, in dem sie nicht in der Lage sind, selbst Entscheidungen zu treffen, und ihre Familienmitglieder müssen Entscheidungen treffen, die ihr Leben beeinflussen können. In solchen Momenten ist es entscheidend, dass Ärzte und Familien gemeinsam die bestmögliche Entscheidung treffen, die den Werten und Wünschen des Patienten entspricht.</p>
<p>Ein wichtiger Aspekt der SDM in der Intensivmedizin ist die umfassende Aufklärung der Patienten und ihrer Familien über die verschiedenen Behandlungsoptionen, einschließlich der Vor- und Nachteile sowie der damit verbundenen Risiken und möglichen Ergebnisse. Dies ermöglicht es den Patienten und ihren Familien, fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen, die ihren individuellen Bedürfnissen und Präferenzen entsprechen.</p>
<p>Darüber hinaus kann die SDM dazu beitragen, die Kommunikation zwischen Ärzten, Patienten und Familienmitgliedern zu verbessern. Durch den offenen Austausch von Informationen und die Einbeziehung aller Beteiligten in den Entscheidungsprozess können Missverständnisse vermieden und das Vertrauen in das Behandlungsteam gestärkt werden.</p>
<p>Ein weiterer Vorteil der SDM in der Intensivmedizin ist die Förderung der Patientenzufriedenheit und -akzeptanz. Indem den Patienten und ihren Familien die Möglichkeit gegeben wird, aktiv an der Entscheidungsfindung teilzunehmen, fühlen sie sich stärker in den Behandlungsprozess eingebunden und haben das Gefühl, dass ihre Meinungen und Bedenken gehört werden.</p>
<p>Es ist jedoch wichtig zu beachten, dass die SDM in der Intensivmedizin auch Herausforderungen mit sich bringen kann. Nicht alle Patienten und ihre Familien sind in der Lage oder bereit, an Entscheidungsprozessen teilzunehmen. Einige können überfordert sein oder sich unsicher fühlen, welche Entscheidungen sie treffen sollen. In solchen Fällen ist es wichtig, dass das medizinische Team einfühlsam ist und die Patienten und ihre Familien unterstützt, indem es sie durch den Entscheidungsprozess führt und sie bei Bedarf mit zusätzlichen Ressourcen und Unterstützungsdiensten verbindet.</p>
<p>Insgesamt ist die geteilte Entscheidungsfindung ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Intensivmedizin, der dazu beiträgt, eine patientenzentrierte Versorgung zu gewährleisten. Indem Ärzte, Patienten und ihre Familien gemeinsam Entscheidungen treffen, können sie sicherstellen, dass die Behandlung den individuellen Bedürfnissen und Wünschen des Patienten entspricht und gleichzeitig die bestmöglichen Ergebnisse erzielt werden.</p>
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<p>Wie können wir nun SDM in unserer eigenen Welt implementieren? Hier sind fünf einfache Schritte:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Schulung des Teams:</strong> Bieten Sie Ihrem Team Schulungen zur SDM an, um das Verständnis für den Wert dieser Praxis zu fördern. Dies kann Workshops, Schulungen oder Online-Ressourcen umfassen, die das Team über die Grundlagen der SDM, Kommunikationstechniken und den Umgang mit ethischen Dilemmata informieren.</li>
<li><strong>Entwicklung von Entscheidungshilfen:</strong> Erstellen Sie Entscheidungshilfen für häufige Szenarien auf Ihrer Station, die Ärzten und Patienten dabei helfen, gemeinsam fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen. Diese Hilfsmittel können Informationen über Behandlungsoptionen, Risiken, Prognosen und persönliche Präferenzen enthalten und als Leitfaden für Diskussionen dienen.</li>
<li><strong>Patienteneinbindung fördern:</strong> Ermutigen Sie Ärzte, aktiv die Meinungen und Präferenzen ihrer Patienten zu erfragen und sie in den Entscheidungsprozess einzubeziehen. Schaffen Sie eine unterstützende Umgebung, in der Patienten sich frei fühlen, ihre Anliegen zu äußern, und ermutigen Sie sie, Fragen zu stellen und Bedenken zu äußern. Auf der Intensivsttion erfolgt dieser Schritt oft über die Angehörigen. Fragen Sie nach Patientenverfügung und Vorsorgevollmacht. Wenn beides nicht vorhanden ist betonen Sie, dass ed darum geht, was der Patient gewollt hätte.</li>
<li><strong>Kommunikation verbessern:</strong> Legen Sie Wert auf eine offene und respektvolle Kommunikation zwischen Ärzten, Patienten und ihren Familien. Bieten Sie Schulungen zur Verbesserung der Kommunikationsfähigkeiten an und betonen Sie die Bedeutung des Zuhörens und der Empathie im Gespräch mit Patienten und ihren Angehörigen.</li>
<li><strong>Regelmäßige Evaluation und Anpassung:</strong> Implementieren Sie ein System zur regelmäßigen Evaluation der SDM-Praktiken auf Ihrer Station und passen Sie diese entsprechend den Rückmeldungen des Teams und der Patienten an. Nehmen Sie sich Zeit, um Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen zu reflektieren und kontinuierlich Verbesserungen vorzunehmen.</li>
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<p>Indem Sie diese Tipps befolgen und die SDM in Ihrer Intensivstation aktiv fördern, können Sie sicherstellen, dass die Behandlung Ihrer Patienten noch stärker auf ihre individuellen Bedürfnisse und Präferenzen zugeschnitten ist, was letztendlich zu besseren Ergebnissen und einer höheren Patientenzufriedenheit führt.</p>The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/shared-decision-making-in-der-intensivmedizin">Shared Decision Making in der Intensivmedizin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></content:encoded>
			

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				<description><![CDATA[Charité-Angehörige, ONLY... sorry.... <p>Zu meiner Überraschung wissen nur wenige Charité-Mitarbeiter und -Studenten, dass man UpToDate auf das Handy holen kann. Kostenlos und unkompliziert. In diesem kurzen Tutorial zeige ich, wie es geht.</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">Charité-Angehörige, ONLY... sorry...</em></p> <p>Zu meiner Überraschung wissen nur wenige Charité-Mitarbeiter und -Studenten, dass man UpToDate auf das Handy holen kann. Kostenlos und unkompliziert. In diesem kurzen Tutorial zeige ich, wie es geht.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/uptodate-aufs-handy-kostenlos-und-simpel"></a>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OV-zi1KZ52I" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/uptodate-aufs-handy-kostenlos-und-simpel">UpToDate auf’s Handy. Kostenlos und simpel.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></content:encoded>
			

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		<title>Technology and digitalisation: They don&#8217;t care&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Certain developments of medicine are absolutely disliked by us doctors.  But wishing for something to disappear, doesn’t make it go away. Technology and digitalization are here and they are here to stay. While in the last decades instruments of artificial intelligence mostly assisted and supported doctors, soon they&#8217;ll start to replace doctors. Both of them [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Certain developments of medicine are absolutely disliked by us doctors.  But wishing for something to disappear, doesn’t make it go away.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/technology-and-digitalisation-they-dont-care"><img width="760" height="1140" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?fit=760%2C1140&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?w=3840&amp;ssl=1 3840w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=760%2C1140&amp;ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=267%2C400&amp;ssl=1 267w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=82%2C123&amp;ssl=1 82w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?resize=600%2C900&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?w=1520 1520w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/markus-spiske-153537.jpg?w=2280 2280w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
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<p>Technology and digitalization are here and they are here to stay. While in the last decades instruments of artificial intelligence mostly assisted and supported doctors, soon they&#8217;ll start to replace doctors.</p>
<div></div>
<p>Both of them don’t care, that doctors did an unbelievable job in the last decades.</p>
<div></div>
<p>Technology and digitalization don’t care that there are extremely experienced radiologists, who could discriminate bronchial carcinoma from calcification better than all of their colleagues. Very soon, Watson will take care of that. They are faster, have terabytes (meaning centuries!) of experience. Who wants to compete with that? Thanks radiologists, we don’t need you anymore.</p>
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<p>Technology and digitalization don’t care that there are extremely gifted surgeons, who invested decades of their lifetime to learn one operation technique, which now they are the best at with the lowest complication rates. Now we’ve got the DaVinci, that sutures a grape in a freaking bottle. A bottle!! More precise results, less complication rates and they don’t sleep. And we shouldn’t fool anybody, especially not ourselves: Today, everyone is saying they don’t want to be operated on by a robot. That’ll change, once patients figure out how much better they are at operating.</p>
<div></div>
<p>My generation of physicians denies and fights the possibility that doctors will be replaced by robots.</p>
<div></div>
<p>The next generation of physicians will spend most of the time teaching robots to be, think and act like a physician.</p>
<div></div>
<p>The really exciting question is, whether after that we’ll need human physicians how we know it. I don’t have an answer. But I doubt it.</p>
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		<title>Medicine 4.0: Does The Patient Profit, Too?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>The digitalization of medicine is going forward rapidly. I am a big fan myself.  Thanks to my smartphone and well-aligned apps, my clinical workflow is in order and guarantees easy access to relevant information.      But these tools don’t replace good, patient-focused medicine. They are no more than tools. Used in the wrong manner, they can be a not only a [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">The digitalization of medicine is going forward rapidly. I am a big fan myself. </span></p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/medicine-4-0-does-the-patient-profit-too"><img width="760" height="507" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?fit=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?w=5184&amp;ssl=1 5184w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=518%2C345&amp;ssl=1 518w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=82%2C55&amp;ssl=1 82w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?w=1520 1520w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg?w=2280 2280w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Thanks to my smartphone and well-aligned apps, my clinical workflow is in order and guarantees easy access to relevant information.   </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">But these tools don’t replace good, patient-focused medicine. They are no more than tools. Used in the wrong manner, they can be a not only a distraction but an obstacle to good medicine. </span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Every tool I use is digital, paperless and easily accessible from any computer with an internet connection. </span></p>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Thus, I can access <a href="http://danielzickler.com/six-apps-every-doctor-should-use-five-of-them-are-free">all of my favorite apps and tools</a>  in a matter of seconds. That makes sure, that I get my things done and can help more patients, and even have a chat with them from time to time .<br />
</span></p>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">However, the digitalization of Medicine (or as some call it Medicine 4.0) bears the big danger of distraction. They can help us with certain things, but we should never overestimate their function.<br />
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">All of these gadgets, wearables, apps and toys are what they are: only tools. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Basically all they do is this: They enable the doctor to access and share information more easily and rapidly. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">While they are helpful under many circumstances, usually, they take the focus off </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">    the patient </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">    the history</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">    the physical examination. </span></li>
</ul>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">In one of my favorite books  &#8220;Good To Great“ author Jim Collins analyzes great companies and organisations that made the leap from mediocre to extraordinary. He analyzed how their strategies and habits distinguished the great ones from the good ones. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">He writes: </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><strong><em>“When used right, technology becomes an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it. Great companies refrained from adopting technology because it was trendy; each tool they chose to leverage was carefully selected. Disciplined thought and the clarity gained from a developed Hedgehog Concept, led good-to-great leaders to review what was truly relevant to their business, analyzing applications to deepen their understanding of its impact. In turn, pioneering strategies in the applications of technologies emerged.&#8221;</em></strong><br />
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">It couldn’t be more true: personalized extraordinary medicine is the result of a doctor with great ideas, thoughts and knowledge. It is not the result of the best apps.  </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">What does that mean for doctors? </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">We should ask the question: </span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Which tool can help me to perform better patient-centered medicine, where the patient is the main focus? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">Which tool helps me to spend more time with my patient, as otherwise complicated tasks are simplified?</span></li>
</ul>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">At the end, the patient should always be at the center of our work. If a tool helps us accomplish this goal: great.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">If not: I don&#8217;t use it&#8230;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"><em>Which tool is your favorite assistant in providing patient-focused medicine?</em> Leave a comment below. </span></div>
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		<title>Upcoming Webinar: Productivity in Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[My 3 Most Important Tools . <p>Time is the most precious resource we have. In the upcoming webinar I share my most important tools I use to ensure that I use my time efficiently. &#160; I invite you to join me in this webinar. You will learn the tools I use &#160; to effectively communicate with colleagues and collaborators to manage &#8220;input&#8221; (things [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">My 3 Most Important Tools </em></p> <p>Time is the most precious resource we have. In the upcoming webinar I share my most important tools I use to ensure that I use my time efficiently.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/upcoming-webinar-productivity-in-medicine"><img width="760" height="505" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?fit=760%2C505&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=760%2C505&amp;ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=518%2C344&amp;ssl=1 518w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=82%2C54&amp;ssl=1 82w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://danielzickler.webinarninja.co/my/wnwebinarlist/index?webinar_id=47197">I invite you to join me in this webinar.</a> </strong>You will learn the tools I use</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>to effectively communicate with colleagues and collaborators</li>
<li>to manage &#8220;input&#8221; (things I like to keep or remember)</li>
<li>to access medical information quickly</li>
<li>create a workflow with maximum productivity</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://danielzickler.webinarninja.co/my/wnwebinarlist/index?webinar_id=47197">Spots fill up quickly, so you should register to reserve your spot.</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Stop Wasting Your Time With These Three Habits And Save One Hour Per Week.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Time is a precious resource. It is the most valuable resource we have, because as opposed to money and energy it can not be won back. Once it is lost, time is gone forever. So especially in the hospital I am quite intentional on how I spend my time. And I am even more intentional [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time is a precious resource. It is the most valuable resource we have, because as opposed to money and energy it can not be won back. Once it is lost, time is gone forever. So especially in the hospital I am quite intentional on how I spend my time.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/stop-wasting-your-time-with-these-three-habits-and-save-one-hour-per-week"><img width="760" height="502" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?fit=760%2C502&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?w=852&amp;ssl=1 852w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?resize=760%2C502&amp;ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?resize=518%2C342&amp;ssl=1 518w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iStock_000016478137Small.jpg?resize=82%2C54&amp;ssl=1 82w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
<div>And I am even more intentional about how not to spend it. Here are three things to cut out of your life to spend enormous amounts of time.</p>
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<h3>Complaining.</h3>
<p>Complaining about the circumstances we work under doesn’t achieve anything positive. It only costs time and energy. It demotivates yourself and the people around you.People who complain should ask this one question:</p>
<ul>
<li>What am I trying to achieve by complaining?</li>
<li>Do I want pity?</li>
<li>Attention?</li>
<li>Do I want to create alignment with others?
<p>Instead: Use the time to change things for the better or consider working somewhere else.</li>
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<h3>Keeping patients from leaving the hospital against medical advice (AMA).</h3>
<p>Some people do not want to follow our advice. It is their right to do so, as long as they don’t harm anybody else (open tuberculosis) or they are capable of making a good judgement (delusional depression).<br />
In these situations it helps me to think of someone who doesn’t want to brush his teeth: It is his right to do so. Studies have shown it is better to brush your teeth, but it is their right. Get over it, move on.</p>
<p>So let them sign the papers, inform the attending and save yourself a lot of trouble: Let &#8217;em go.</li>
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<h3>Teaching patients to be thankful.</h3>
<p>Basically the compensation for the work I do is my pay. OK, OK, I like to hear a „thank-you-for-saving-my-life“ from time to time. It feels good. But it shouldn’t be what we come here for.</p>
<p>I notice more and more people, who spend lots of time educating their patients about what was all done for them with the goal in mind to hear a thank-you:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Waste-of-time.</strong></p>
<p>People either are thankful or they aren&#8217;t. There is no point in trying to teach them.</p>
<p><em><strong>Question:</strong></em> Which habit did you get rid of to save time? Leave a comment below.</li>
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		<title>Become A Problem Solver By Asking The Right Question.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Every day I come across several problems that I am not responsible for: Personal computer in the doctor’s room is slow. Printer is out of toner. Biopsy gun is broken. Two out of three elevators don’t seem to work. The only closet in the physician’s office is filled with old patient files. All of these [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every day I come across several problems that I am not responsible for:</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/become-a-problem-solver-by-asking-the-right-question"><img width="480" height="319" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dreamstime_xs_672256.jpg?fit=480%2C319&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dreamstime_xs_672256.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dreamstime_xs_672256.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dreamstime_xs_672256.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dreamstime_xs_672256.jpg?resize=82%2C54&amp;ssl=1 82w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></a>
<ul>
<li>Personal computer in the doctor’s room is slow.</li>
<li>Printer is out of toner.</li>
<li>Biopsy gun is broken.</li>
<li>Two out of three elevators don’t seem to work.</li>
<li>The only closet in the physician’s office is filled with old patient files.</li>
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<p>All of these common problems not only cause delay in our workflow but lead to great frustration in your team. By choosing your reaction to all of these issues you make a great decision between ongoing frustration and improving the quality of your work.  <span id="more-1411"></span></p>
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<div>Solving any of these problems always start with this.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Ask the right question</b>. </span></div>
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<p>In his book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/QBQ-Question-Behind-Practicing-Accountability/dp/0399152334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471032288&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=qbq">QBQ: the question behind the question</a>&#8221; John G. Miller addresses the matter how to ask the right questions to cause a change for good. Here are some examples for the <b>wrong</b> questions (read them with a whiny voice, please):</p>
<ul>
<li>Why do I always have to get new toner?</li>
<li>Is this really my job to fix a computer/ get a new biopsy gun/ store away old files?</li>
<li>Am I the only one who is working around here?</li>
</ul>
<p>None of the questions listed above lead to a solution of the main problem and all of them represent: drama. It only wastes your and everybody else’s time.</p>
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<p>Instead you should try to focus on a good outcome that leads to persistent improvement of your work environment.</p>
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<p>Actual leaders discipline themselves to erasing these questions out of their repertoire and rather ask the right questions:</p>
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<ul>
<li>What can I do to provide quick solution to this problem?</li>
<li>What can I do to  provide a possibly permanent solution to this problem?</li>
<li>Who can I contact who may be in charge of this problem or knows somebody that can provide help?</li>
<li>How can we prevent these problems from occurring in the future?</li>
</ul>
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<div>Usually there is someone in charge whose attention only has to be brought to the specific issue.</div>
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<p><strong><em>If not?</em></strong></p>
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<p>If on the other hand this is a totally new problem nobody has an answer for you should come up with solutions yourself. Then you should report to your boss the problem and possible solutions and ask for authorization to solve this problem.</p>
<p>This approach won&#8217;t harm your career, either.</p>
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<div><strong>Start solving problems. Permanently. </strong></div>
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<p><strong>Question: </strong>What has repeatedly slowed down your workflow and caused delay? <em>Leave a comment below. </em></p>
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		<title>Stop The Madness: Four Ways To Reduce Frequent Phone Calls&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Zickler</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[...so you can focus on the important tasks again. . <p>Mobile phones for doctors have changed the clinical routine tremendously. The pager is gone and everybody can be reached whenever he is at work. Is this a progress? I am not sure. Turns out that the threshold to contact doctors in semi-important issues is close to an all-time-low while the number of calls and hence interruptions [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">...so you can focus on the important tasks again. </em></p> <div></div>
<p>Mobile phones for doctors have changed the clinical routine tremendously. The pager is gone and everybody can be reached whenever he is at work. Is this a progress? I am not sure.</p><a href="https://danielzickler.com/stop-the-madness-four-ways-to-reduce-frequent-phone-calls"><img width="760" height="505" src="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?fit=760%2C505&amp;ssl=1" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=760%2C505&amp;ssl=1 760w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=518%2C344&amp;ssl=1 518w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=82%2C54&amp;ssl=1 82w, https://i0.wp.com/danielzickler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iStock_000020926159Small.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></a>
<p>Turns out that the threshold to contact doctors in semi-important issues is close to an all-time-low while the number of calls and hence interruptions is close to a peak.  <span id="more-1400"></span>A ringing phone creates urgency. It could be an emergency. A patient in cardiac arrest, a major bleeding?</p>
<p>Keeping these possibilities in mind, a ringing phone is always more urgent than taking a thorough history, even if your colleague only wants to know whether you wanna order Chinese or pizza.</p>
<div>I would guess that during peak times we are called 15-20 times per hour, maybe more often. All of these interruptions keep us from doing the real work so we have to come up with strategies to minimize these, so here are mine:</div>
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<h3>1. No smalltalk / no greetings on the phone.</h3>
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<div>Being too polite on the phone may be misinterpreted as an invitation to call more often.</div>
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<div>When my colleague calls me I don’t say my name but instead: &#8220;What’s up? I’m in the middle of something.“ or just &#8220;Yes?&#8221;This does two things:</div>
<div>A: It saves time.</div>
<div>B: He knows: &#8220;Daniel is busy. He is not in conversation mode. I better only call him for the important things.&#8221;</div>
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<h3>2. Batch phone calls.</h3>
<p>If you share patients with another doctor it is better to meet once a day or reserve a time slot for phone calls that are non urgent. Create meetings were you talk through your patients. That is way more efficient than ten phone calls.</p>
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<h3>3. Analyze your phone calls for one day:</h3>
<ul>
<li>What were the issues you were supposed to solve?</li>
<li>Were these mostly medical issues that required a doctor to solve the problem or were these issues of organizational nature?</li>
<li>Which of these issues could be delegated to staff other than doctors?</li>
<li>Which of these were real emergencies that required fast actions?</li>
<li>Which of these really calls really saved time?</li>
<li>Who did you mostly talk to?</li>
<li>Would it be more efficient to create a once daily meeting?</li>
</ul>
<h3>4. Switch it off or divert your phone.</h3>
<div>Switch of phones during handover and rounds.</div>
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<p>It is unbelievably rude to talk on the phone while others are speaking about patients and delivering important information. Somehow we have gotten used to it. But it is not only rude toward the one who’s talking but also rude toward the patient, who is talked about.</p>
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<p>The only exception during handover should be one emergency phone that is answered with the words: &#8220;<em>Is this a medical emergency? Can you call back in ten minutes?&#8221;</em></p>
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<p>One doctor should be put in charge of this job that only has the goal to protect the handover from nonsense interruptions.</p>
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<p>I am not against phones in the hospital. I think they serve a clear purpose. It’s just the way we use them destroys our clinical workflow and ultimately harms the patient.</p>The post <a href="https://danielzickler.com/stop-the-madness-four-ways-to-reduce-frequent-phone-calls">Stop The Madness: Four Ways To Reduce Frequent Phone Calls…</a> first appeared on <a href="https://danielzickler.com">Daniel Zickler, MD</a>.]]></content:encoded>
			

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