Utilizing information technology to mitigate the handoff risks caused by resident work hour restrictions.

Background: Resident duty hours have been restricted to 80 per week, a limitation thought to increase patient safety by allowing adequate sleep. Yet decreasing work hours increases the number of patient exchanges (so-called "handoff") at the end of shifts. WHERE ARE WE NOW?: A greater frequency of h...

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Publicado en:Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research® Vol. 468; no. 10; pp. 2627 - 2633
Autores principales: Bernstein J, MacCourt DC, Jacob DM, Mehta S, Bernstein, Joseph, MacCourt, Duncan C, Jacob, Dan M, Mehta, Samir
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Oct2010
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