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Surgeons still tired despite duty hour limits
Fatigued residents have a 22 percent greater risk of causing a medical error than alert, well-rested doctors, according to a new study, which found surgeons were tired half of their waking hours, operating on less than 80 percent mental effectiveness. What's more, a quarter of the time their fatigue was tantamount to being legally drunk.
Medical imaging incident reporting system could boost patient safety
From doctors who don't follow imaging protocols to hospitals that cut radiology staffing corners to save money , the dangers of radiation overexposure continue to dog healthcare. Researchers writing
EHRs hold promise for genetic testing research
Electronic health records hold promise in augmenting current studies of genetic testing, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The
Beth Israel, Massachusetts hospitals test liability reform
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Massachusetts General Hospital and Baystate Health are among three major health systems in the state that are testing a "disclosure, apology and offer"
Fewer lab tests sought by docs with HIE access
Physicians who had access to a health information exchange (HIE) ordered fewer lab tests for patients with prior test results after the HIE was formed than they did previously, according to a new
Online databases display cancer cells' sensitivities to drugs
Personalized cancer care received another shot in the arm this week when researchers published free online databases outlining potential cancer vulnerabilities to various drugs. The databases were
Harvard Pilgrim excludes high-priced hospitals in new limited network
Harvard Pilgrim has created a new limited network of moderately priced providers that reduces insurance costs by 10 percent. The insurer's decision is the latest move by the Massachusetts healthcare
Physician incentive helps access, prep for new pay models
In Massachusetts, where physician access is notoriously tight, primary care physicians at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals are adding patients for the first time in years,
Data mining tool helps researchers sift through radiology report images, text
While data mining has been a hot button issue of late, with some hospitals criticized for using information gathered from patient records to market to well-to-do patients , researchers in Germany
Hospital partnership doesn't have to mean merger
While healthcare mergers and acquisitions rose last year , hospitals are considering other partnership models besides the sometimes dreaded "m" word. Besides the full-asset acquisition, community
