Caregiver fatigue: implications for patient and staff safety—part 1 and part 2.

Program director perceptions of surgical resident training and patient care under flexible duty hour requirements.

Saadat LV, Dahlke AR, Rajaram R, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2016;222:1098-1105.

Separating residents' inpatient and outpatient responsibilities: improving patient safety, learning environments, and relationships with continuity patients.

Bates CK, Yang J, Huang G, et al. Acad Med. 2016;91:60-64.

Nurses' shift length and overtime working in 12 European countries: the association with perceived quality of care and patient safety.

Griffiths P, Dall'Ora C, Simon M, et al; RN4CAST Consortium. Med Care. 2014;52:975-981.

Shift change handovers and subsequent interruptions: potential impacts on quality of care.

Estryn-Behar MR, Milanini-Magny G, Chaumon E, et al. J Patient Saf. 2014;10:29-44.

Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study.

Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Bruyneel L, et al; RN4CAST Consortium. Lancet. 2014;383:1824-1830.

Performance-based payment incentives increase burden and blame for hospital nurses.

Kurtzman ET, O'Leary D, Sheingold BH, Devers KJ, Dawson EM, Johnson JE. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:211-218.

The effect of workload reduction on the quality of residents' discharge summaries.

Coit MH, Katz JT, McMahon GT. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:28-32.

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions.  

Payette M, Chatterjee A, Weeks WB. Am J Surg. 2009:197:820-825.   

IOM: shorten residents' work shifts to reduce fatigue, improve patient safety.

Kuehn BM. JAMA. 2009;301:259-261.

Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety.

Institute of Medicine.

Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.

Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.

Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.

Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258. 

Effective implementation of work-hour limits and systemic improvements.

Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Barger LK, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(suppl 1):19-29.

Safe Handover: Safe Patients.

Kingston, ACT, Australia: Australian Medical Association; 2006.

Long working hours, safety, and health: toward a national research agenda.

Caruso CC, Bushnell T, Eggerth D, et al. Am J Ind Med. 2006;49:930-942.

Longitudinal analyses of nurse staffing and patient outcomes: more about failure to rescue.

Seago JA, Williamson A, Atwood C. J Nurs Adm. 2006;36:13-21.

A morning briefing: setting the stage for a clinically and operationally good day.

Thompson D, Holzmueller C, Hunt D, Cafe C, Sexton B, Pronovost PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:476-479.

In Conversation with…Christopher P. Landrigan, MD

Do trainees feel that they belong to a team?

Price S, Lusznat R. Clin Teach. 2018;15:240-244.

Components of hospital perioperative infrastructure can overcome the weekend effect in urgent general surgery procedures.

Kothari AN, Zapf MAC, Blackwell RH, et al. Ann Surg. 2015;262:683-691.