Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ...
by cloverich on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:02PM
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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).
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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ...
by smileysteve on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @03:22PM
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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
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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.