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Task2Heart: Exploring Heart Rate Differences with Time-Motion Workflow Observations of Emergency Medicine Physicians

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This work was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (5R03HS024801–02).

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  1. MedStar Institute for Innovation - National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite 7L, Washington, DC, 20008, USA

    Allan Fong, Tracy C. Kim, Raj M. Ratwani & Kathryn M. Kellogg

  2. Georgetown University School of Medicine, 3900 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC, 20007, USA

    Raj M. Ratwani & Kathryn M. Kellogg

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Fong, A., Kim, T.C., Ratwani, R.M. et al. Task2Heart: Exploring Heart Rate Differences with Time-Motion Workflow Observations of Emergency Medicine Physicians. J Med Syst 42, 170 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1024-4

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