Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules.

Jeffrey H SilberLisa M BelliniJudy A SheaSanjay V DesaiDavid F DingesMathias BasnerOrit Even-ShoshanAlexander S HillLauren L HochmanJoel T KatzRichard N RossDavid M ShadeDylan S SmallAlice L SternbergJames TonasciaKevin G VolppDavid A Aschnull null

Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2019)

Allowing program directors flexibility in adjusting duty-hour schedules for trainees did not adversely affect 30-day mortality or several other measured outcomes of patient safety. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; iCOMPARE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02274818.).

Keyphrases

patient safety
quality improvement
medical education
blood pressure
risk factors
atrial fibrillation
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome