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Surgeons still tired despite duty hour limits
Fatigued residents have a 22 percent greater risk of causing a medical error than alert, well-rested doctors, according to a new study, which found surgeons were tired half of their waking hours, operating on less than 80 percent mental effectiveness. What's more, a quarter of the time their fatigue was tantamount to being legally drunk.
Sleepy surgeons can't handle surprises
Surgeons who are sleep deprived can perform tasks they've already been trained in, but their brains have to work harder to problem solve during unexpected events, compared to their well-rested
Medical subspecialty status granted to clinical informatics
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has recognized clinical informatics as a medical subspecialty, an ABMS spokesperson told FierceHealthIT. The long-awaited elevation of clinical
New resident duty hours to cost teaching hospitals $1.3B
It's been more than two months since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) shortened resident shifts to 16 hours, with the hope of improving patient safety. Yet that
Training helps docs improve explanations, not general communication
You can teach communication improvements for specific cases, but not necessarily general communication skills, according to a new study published in the August Archives of Surgery. According to the
New resident duty-hour limits not enough: Fatigue, errors still rampant
As new duty-hour rules go into effect next week, academic hospitals may be scrambling to figure out whether updated limits on resident work hours will improve patient care. New research indicates
Physician residents have shorter hours, doubts about care
Physician residents now have their hours restricted, and many are able to enjoy a semblance of a personal life, although some are concerned about the continuum of their patients' care being
The 16-hour day dilemma: Will shortening residents' hours work?
Coming this July, medical residents will receive a "gift" in terms of possibly getting a little more shut eye. Under new guidelines approved last year by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Limiting residents' work shifts may hurt continuity of care
Standards designed to improve patient safety may actually endanger the quality of medical residents' training, according to a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. One of the
'Strategic napping' recommended for sleep-deprived residents
New standards limit the work days of medical interns to 16 hours per work shift, down from 24 hours, and set stricter requirements for exceptions. Second-year residents may work a maximum of 24 hours
