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> Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death. Didn't that wake them up to make it less error prone, not more? It did. And they did the research, and th
by chimeracoder 10y ago
> Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death. Didn't that wake them up to make it less error prone, not more?
It did. And they did the research, and they found that frequent handoffs introduce more errors than longer shifts do. So, they're taking action to address that.
- sebringj 10y agoThat would make sense I guess but in a "lesser evil" type way.