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Time Study of Clinical and Nonclinical Workload in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

We describe a detailed, cross-sectional, self-report time study of laboratory physician tasks in a regionalized, multisite academic setting, using custom data collection templates programmed into personal digital assistants (PDAs). The 7-week study was completed by 56 medical and scientific staff (86% participation rate). Participants recorded 12,781 PDA entries of specific tasks completed during the study period. The mean number of entries per …

Authors

Trotter MJ; Larsen ET; Tait N; Wright JR

Journal

American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Vol. 131, No. 6, pp. 759–767

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

June 1, 2009

DOI

10.1309/ajcp8sko6bujqxhd

ISSN

0002-9173