I recognize my naïveté, but surely a more humane method of dealing with this is trying to increase information exchange at handover rather than depriving humans

I recognize my naïveté, but surely a more humane method of dealing with this is trying to increase information exchange at handover rather than depriving humans of valuable sleep. There are studies that show partial sleep deprivation can affect cognitive performance, and specific studies that show sleep deprivation on doctors can affect their own performance.