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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by cloverich on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:02PM (#11630279)
The Catch-22 there is that a majority of medical errors occur during shift changeover. (Google will reveal an abundance of commentary / articles). In my personal experience (Medical school) the shift change's amongst Doctors could occasionally be profoundly short, unprofessional, and unregulated (think Resident handing off to Intern, in a rush, late in the evening, using a some notes hastily written on a notepad).
Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by smileysteve on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:22PM (#11630970)
Importantly, changeovers often happen AFTER a 12 hour shift - makes it hard for this to directly causal of the changeover vs the tiredness.
Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by petra on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:31PM (#11632817)
Maybe Google's new project in the NHS will attack this problem by giving smartphones/tablets to medical staff and arranging the data in such a way to make accurate and fast changeover possible.