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	<title>Residency Manager &#187; Duty Hours and Fatigue</title>
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		<title>ACGME gives update on duty hour reform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/10/acgme-gives-update-on-duty-hour-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the IOM released the report on resident work hours last December, the ACGME has been working hard to address the concerns the IOM raised.  After nearly a year of information gathering, ACGME CEO Thomas Nasca, MD released a letter to the GME community giving an update of their efforts. 
Over the past year, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston surgery program receives duty hour citation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/06/boston-surgery-program-receives-duty-hour-citation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surgery residency program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston received a citation from the ACGME for violating the duty hour standards, according to an article in the Boston Globe.
The program learned about the citation in April and has until August 15 to demonstrate that they&#8217;ve made adjustments to the residents&#8217; schedules. The article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAMC sends ACGME response to IOM duty hour recommendations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/05/aamc-sends-acgme-response-to-iom-duty-hour-recommendations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is the latest organization to send the ACGME a letter responding to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) duty hour recommendations.
The AAMC said it does not believe that duty hours and schedules are the biggest problem, according to a Apr. 21 letter to ACGME. Instead, the AAMC said efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME seeking proposals for duty hour literature review</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/04/acgme-seeking-proposals-for-duty-hour-literature-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGME took another step forward in its duty hour review/reform process today with a letter from the organization&#8217;s CEO, Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP, requesting proposals for A Comprehensive Literature Review and Analysis of Residency Training and Duty Hours Experience.
Individuals interested in performing the review are encouraged to submit a proposal describing their plans and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Hospital Association releases opinions on duty hour reform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/04/american-hospital-association-releases-opinions-on-duty-hour-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/04/american-hospital-association-releases-opinions-on-duty-hour-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Duty Hours and Fatigue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a letter outlining its opinions of the IOM duty hours report and made a few recommendations yesterday.
The letter-addressed to ACGME CEO Thomas Nasca-commends the organization for reviewing the duty hour standards, but points out that duty hours are not end-all-be-all of measuring fatigue.
&#8220;&#8230;We use duty hours as an implied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Mic: What are you doing with the IOM duty hour recommendations?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/open-mic-what-are-you-doing-with-the-iom-duty-hour-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/open-mic-what-are-you-doing-with-the-iom-duty-hour-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Duty Hours and Fatigue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have read in my previous post on duty hours, the ACGME says they&#8217;re approaching  duty hour reform with open ears. They want to hear from programs who are conducting pilot tests or performing cost analysis to determine whether implementing the recommendations is feasible.
At the 2009 ACGME Educational Conference, a program director described [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live blog from ACGME Conference #4: Duty hours implementation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/live-blog-from-acgme-conference-4-duty-hours-implementation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/live-blog-from-acgme-conference-4-duty-hours-implementation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post before I dash to the airport to catch my flight back home. . .
The earliest the ACGME will implement new duty hour rules is July 1, 2011, said Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP, during his presentation The Recommendations of the IOM Consensus Committee to Optimize Resident Hours and Work Schedules to Improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the patient whose case triggered duty hour reform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/remembering-the-patient-whose-case-triggered-duty-hour-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/03/remembering-the-patient-whose-case-triggered-duty-hour-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks the anniversary of the death of Libby Zion. Even if you don&#8217;t know who Libby Zion is, you&#8217;ve definitely seen the effects of her passing-her case thrust the issues of resident supervision and long resident work hours into the national spotlight.
Zion went to the emergency room in 1984 with a high fever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME reveals plans for reviewing duty hour standards</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/02/acgme-reveals-plans-for-reviewing-duty-hour-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/02/acgme-reveals-plans-for-reviewing-duty-hour-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Duty Hours and Fatigue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGME hasn&#8217;t said much since the Institute of Medicine release its duty hours recommendations back at the beginning of December. . . until now.
Today, this letter from ACGME CEO Thomas Nasca appeared on the accreditor&#8217;s Web site describing the actions the organization will take to review duty hour rules.
I&#8217;m still reading through and digesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Nasca, MD writes editorial on IOM report in USA Today</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2008/12/thomas-nasca-md-writes-editorial-on-iom-report-in-usa-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2008/12/thomas-nasca-md-writes-editorial-on-iom-report-in-usa-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As debate over the Institute of Medicine&#8217;s report on resident work hours continues to swirl, ACGME CEO, Thomas Nasca, MD, expressed his views in an editorial published in USA Today. 
In the article, Nasca says the ACGME must develop accreditation standards that further physician education, not hinder it.
He also says the ACGME will allow interested [...]]]></description>
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