Logo image
IRO Home Research units Researcher Profiles
Sign in
Psychological biases and their impact on operating room efficiency
Letter/Communication   Open access

Psychological biases and their impact on operating room efficiency

Franklin Dexter and Danielle Masursky
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol.23(3), pp.219-219
2011
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr015
PMID: 21540250
url
https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzr015View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

To the Editor,Arakelian et al . [1] studied qualitatively surgical teams’ perceptions of operating room (OR) efficiency. Although they state that ‘the lack of studies of this kind rendered it difficult to compare the results with those of others’, psychological studies complement the authors’ organizational (sociological) investigations [1, 2].OR efficiency is influenced by team members’ biases …

Details

Metrics

33 Record Views
Logo image