Table 1.

Example coding of observed task-allocation communications

Task Allocations	Sender	Receiver	Synchronicity	Response
[Physician] sent a patient’s message to [nurse] with a note to put a prior authorization in for 3 pills this month.	Physician	Nurse	Asynchronous	Not accepted
[Nurse] sent this to [unit clerk], who started entering it.	Nurse	Unit clerk	Asynchronous	Accepted

Note: This example shows the application of codes to two complete utterances.