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 What is a Patient Care Fund...and why do you want one?
From New York to California, CIR residents are taking advantage of this unique contract gain to better serve their patients.

 New Zealand News:
All Resident Physicians Close to Going on Strike.

 CIR Joins Newly Launched SEIU Healthcare: Million-member healthcare union ready to make a big impact on a national level.

 Time for Healthcare Reform: CIR members send a wake up call.

 Stop Paging Me!: A CIR member prescribes humor to bring residents together online.

 Check Out Our Archives For Past News Items

Resident Work Hours
The Latest News From Hours Watch

 Shorter Hours = Better Patient Care: Yale study finds that hospital provided better care after adopting work hours limits. 

 When Policy Meets Physiology: "Residency programs routinely make evidence-based decisions in clinical practice and even in selecting trainees, but have appeared reluctant to rely on such data to develop safe resident work hour schedules," say Harvard researchers. 

 How to Improve Patient Safety? Reduce Resident Work Hours:  Federal Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) Encourages Stricter Work Hour Limits.

 More Hours Yield More Errors: Harvard Study Finds Increased Incidence of Fatigue-Related Preventable Errors Following Extended Shifts.
    
Rules Don't Yield Rest for Interns: Listen to NPR's All Things Considered 9/6/06 regarding 2 new studies relating to residents' long work hours.

 Hours Information for New York residents

 What to do when IPRO inspects your hospital   

  How Well Are ACGME Hours Rules Being Implemented?

 Hours Stories: 
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