Occupational Health
Research: Night Shift Work, Genetic Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:03h | UTCNight Shift Work, Genetic Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes in the UK Biobank – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Irregular or Rotating Night Shifts Linked To Increased Risk of Diabetes – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND New study explores connection between shift work and type 2 diabetes – MedicalResearch.com (free) Working Nights May Raise Diabetes Risk – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guideline: Responsibilities of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Provider in the Treatment and Prevention of Climate Change-Related Health Problems
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:54h | UTC
Care-Centered Clinical Documentation in the Digital Environment: Solutions to Alleviate Burnout
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:44h | UTCRelated Infographic: Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Commentary: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians(free)
Meta-Analysis: eHealth Interventions for Reducing Mental Health Conditions in Employees
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:13h | UTC
To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCPerspectives: To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Beyond Burnout — Redesigning Care to Restore Meaning and Sanity for Physicians (free)
Related: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free)
Do You Work More Than 39 Hours a Week? Your Job Could be Killing You
25 Jan, 2018 | 21:01h | UTCDo you work more than 39 hours a week? Your job could be killing you – The Guardian (free)
Review: Sleep Apnea and its Role in Transportation Safety
25 Jan, 2018 | 20:45h | UTCSleep apnea and its role in transportation safety – F1000 Research (free)
Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCCommentaries in the same issue: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Significant Step Forward and a Model for Other High-Risk Industries (free) AND What an Evidence-based Guideline for Fatigue Risk Management Means for Us: Statements From Stakeholders (free) AND Proposed Performance Measures and Strategies for Implementation of the Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services (free) AND Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Step in the Right Direction Toward Better Sleep Health (free)
Research: Effect of Work Stressors on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:14h | UTCEffect of Changing Work Stressors and Coping Resources on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The OHSPIW Cohort Study – Diabetes Care (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Increased stress at work linked to higher risk of diabetes – Reuters (free)
What I’ve Learned from My Tally of 757 Doctor Suicides
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:54h | UTCWhat I’ve learned from my tally of 757 doctor suicides – The Washington Post (free)
Related: Why are doctors killing themselves? – MJA InSight (free) AND Why are doctors plagued by depression and suicide? A crisis comes into focus – STAT (free) AND Protecting interns and other physicians from depression and suicide – STAT (free)
Supported Employment Helps People With Severe Mental Illness to Obtain Work
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:51h | UTCSupported employment helps people with severe mental illness to obtain work – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta-analysis – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Predictors of Moral Distress in a US Sample of Critical Care Nurses
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:18h | UTCCommentary: Improving the Work Environment Could Reduce Moral Distress Among ICU Nurses – American Association of Critical Care Nurses, via NewsWise (free)
Addressing Burnout in Nephrologists
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:05h | UTCAddressing Physician Burnout: Nephrologists, How Safe Are We? – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (free) AND Nephrology at a Crossroads (free)
Commentaries: ASN: Burnout in nephrology may be hurting patient care, recruitment – Nephrology News & Issues (free) AND Experts Call for Action to Address Physician Burnout in Nephrology – American Society of Nephrology, via NewsWise (free)
Research: Night Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:27h | UTCNight Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 61 Articles – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Night shifts raise women’s cancer risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Night Shifts Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Especially for Nurses – Medscape (free registration required) AND Female Night Shift Workers May Have Increased Risk of Common Cancers – American Association for Cancer Research (free)
Guideline: Obesity in the Workplace
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCCommentary: Managing Obesity in the Workplace: New Guidance from ACOEM – Wolters Kluwer Health, via NewsWise (free)
Meta-Analysis: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Surgeons and Interventionalists
2 Jan, 2018 | 23:39h | UTCAuthor Interview: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Surgeons and Interventionalists (free)
Commentary: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injury Common in Surgeons, Interventionalists – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Whole-System Approaches to Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:24h | UTC
Infographic: Date Night with the Electronic Health Record
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCInfographic: Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)
Related Commentary: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Research: Can Sleep Quality and Burnout Affect the Job Performance of Shift-Work Nurses?
26 Dec, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCCan sleep quality and burnout affect the job performance of shift-work nurses? A hospital cross-sectional study – Journal of Advanced Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Shift work linked to burnout in sleep-deprived nurses – Reuters (free)
Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals
26 Dec, 2017 | 19:45h | UTC– Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals: Part I – Journal of Occupational Health (free)
– Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals: Part II – Journal of Occupational Health (free)
– Guidelines for personal exposure monitoring of chemicals: Part III – Journal of Occupational Health (free)
Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout
25 Nov, 2017 | 23:00h | UTCCounting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free)
Review: Current and new challenges in occupational lung diseases
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:35h | UTCCurrent and new challenges in occupational lung diseases – European Respiratory Review (free)
Meta-Analysis: Exercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:05h | UTCExercise for the Prevention of Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials – American Journal of Epidemiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise may help prevent low back pain or make it less severe – Reuters (free)
Related meta-analysis: Prevention of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Book: Injury Prevention and Environmental Health
5 Nov, 2017 | 19:25h | UTCInjury Prevention and Environmental Health – Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (free)
Press Release: Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Launches Volume on Injury Prevention & Environmental Health (free)
Previous volumes: 1 – Essential Surgery / 2 – Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health / 3 – Cancer / 4 – Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
Draft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:58h | UTCDraft Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Commentary: USPSTF Draft Statement Recommends Sun-Safe Behavioral Counseling for More Fair-Skinned Youth – Physician’s First Watch (free)