Some Surgical Residents Not Well Rested
The May edition of JAMA's Archives of Surgery reports that surgical residents are often exhausted during their awake-time. The study reports that medical errors are a worldwide problem, with increasing numbers of publications suggesting that fatigue could be a considerable contributing factor for medical errors. Frank McCormick, M.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Britain pledges era of online patients
Source: Charles Wright, eHealthCentral Content: #8220;I wonder how Australian doctors who oppose the PCEHR due to their belief that patients should keep their noses out of their medical records are going to react to the fact that Britain’s NHS seems intent on giving patients the ability to add information to their own electronic health records [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)