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End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,

End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Resident and intern service changes are associated with increased mortality among hospitalized patients, suggests a retrospective...
Source: jwatch.org

Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients

Computers match doctors in predicting patient discharges: A computer can do as good a job of predicting how many patients will be discharged from a hospital unit on a given day as doctors and nurses can, according to new research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and...
Source: medicalxpress.com