The Case Against Multitasking

At work, distractions come in the form of text messages, email alerts and mounting to-do lists. And although being able to multitask is usually seen as favorable by employers, turns out, we might want to rethink that logic. According to a recent study, even brief two- to three-second interruptions can double the number of errors participants made on an assigned task. Another study concluded that multitaskers are more easily distracted than those who spend less time switching between tasks, which can apparently happen up to 400 times each day. The take away? Turn o those notification buzzers, and finish one thing before you move on to something else. You’ll be a more productive worker, for sure.

› Chad Christianson appreciates McVay’s work with the hospital.

Level II trauma center and the upcoming standalone emergency room in Summerfield. He has two master’s degrees under his belt—one in business administration and the other in health administration—and has served as the COO of CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, and at West Houston Medical Center in Texas.