Newspaper/Magazine Article Beth Israel cited for residents' long hours—facing review for accreditation. Citation Text: Kowalczyk L. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL September 24, 2008 Kowalczyk L. View more articles from the same authors. This article reports on violations of ACGME work hour restrictions in some Boston hospitals. Approximately 9% of all training programs in the United States have been cited for such violations in the past year. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Kowalczyk L. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Brigham and Women's airing medical mistakes. April 24, 2013 Surgical error at Tufts prompts widespread changes. September 10, 2014 MGH halts a pediatric program: Heart surgeries on hold after errors. 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Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. August 27, 2008
Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009
Patient safety and health information technology conference: A newsmaker interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. June 22, 2005
The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study. June 25, 2008
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
An Organisation with a Memory: Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. March 6, 2005
Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.' October 5, 2005
Implementing the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on resident physician work hours, supervision, and safety. July 6, 2011
The burden of peri-operative work at night as perceived by anaesthesiologists: an international survey. June 28, 2023
Impact of medical education on patient safety: finding the signal through the noise. February 8, 2023
ACGME 2011 duty hours restrictions and their effects on surgical residency training and patients outcomes: a systematic review. July 14, 2021
Cumulative effect of flexible duty-hour policies on resident outcomes: long-term follow-up results from the FIRST trial. July 15, 2020
Incorrect use of smart infusion pump in the operating room (OR) leads to milrinone overdose. May 20, 2020
Evaluation of reasons why surgical residents exceeded 2011 duty hour requirements when offered flexibility. June 20, 2018
The 2017 ACGME common work hour standards: promoting physician learning and professional development in a safe, humane environment. January 31, 2018
Fatigue risk management: the impact of anesthesiology residents' work schedules on job performance and a review of potential countermeasures. December 13, 2017
Understanding the multidimensional effects of resident duty hours restrictions: a thematic analysis of published viewpoints in surgery. August 9, 2017
Ethical considerations in the development of the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees trial. October 26, 2016
Bipartisan Consensus: The Public Wants Well-Rested Medical Residents to Help Ensure Safe Patient Care. October 5, 2016
Program director perceptions of surgical resident training and patient care under flexible duty hour requirements. September 7, 2016
On resident duty hour restrictions and neurosurgical training: review of the literature. November 25, 2015