This isn't my domain by any means, but one common argument for long hours that is that patient handoffs during shift changes can cause information loss, and thu

This isn't my domain by any means, but one common argument for long hours that is that patient handoffs during shift changes can cause information loss, and thus cause medical errors which lead to worse patient outcomes. The shifts are intentionally kept long to reduce the number of times that this handoff has to occur. Again, this isn't my wheelhouse at all. I'm just repeating something I hear often when this topic comes up.