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New Report Recommends Strategies to Reduce Medical Resident Fatigue-Related Errors and Improve Training
December 19th, 2008
Fatigued medical residents need protected sleep periods and increased supervision of work hour limits to improve patient safety and the training environment, according to a new Institute of Medicine report funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report is the result of a 15-month study by an IOM committee that reviewed the relationship between residents' work schedules, their performance and the quality of care they provide. The study confirms that scientific evidence shows acute and chronically fatigued residents are more likely to make mistakes. The IOM committee recommends several changes to the existing 80-hour-per-week...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-12-19)
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