Experts seek reforms to prevent errors from medical resident fatigue, lack of supervision
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
A group of 26 of the nation's leaders in medicine, health care, patient safety, and research today called for sweeping changes in the design, supervision and financing of U.S. hospital residency care programs to protect patients from serious, preventable medical errors, and end dangerously long work hours for physicians in training.