Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Distraction opens the door to Errors

Recently spoke at a meeting of major medical. While I was shooting my computer, a number of colleagues came up to talk. When it was time for me to speak, I started my presentation. About halfway, my computer screen went blank.

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I forgot to link my computer. Now this was a minor outage. I took the responsibility, and everything worked fine.

We know that when we are tired or distracted, we're not at our best. In most cases, the resulting errors. Let's not forget where we parked our car. We cannot find the keys to the House. But let me share a story with you.

A major medical Center, a patient received treatment for cancer arising from left kidney. Tragically, during the healthy kidney surgery the patient was removed instead of the cancerous kidney. Devastation for the patient, family and medical support team.

How could this happen? A careful review of the record has revealed some of the individuals involved in the care of this patient was distracted by beepers and mobile phones, that has affected their attention and concentration.

Most of us aren't surgeons and not deal with situations of life and death, but the lesson is still powerful.

When we fail to fire, you make mistakes. Knowing that, what can we do to avoid it? How can we keep our energies? How can we protect our priorities? Please weigh in.

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