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...
| Published in: | Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research® Vol. 468; no. 10; pp. 2627 - 2633 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Oct2010
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