[thearn4]

> But the majority of harmful errors happen in handing over patient care from one provider to another

I've heard this claim before, but this seems like a communication problem more than anything else. Keeping insane work schedules as a means to address it seems really suspect to me.

[nradov]

Communication is certainly part of the problem. But nothing comes for free. It takes time to properly update the patient chart and brief the relief shift. Plus there are things that can't really be communicated effectively. After monitoring a given patient for a while, an experienced provider will start to pick up subtle cues about their condition. How would you even communicate that?