Physician Maureen Gibbons is encouraging the idea of reconsidering shift work in the health care sector and believes that distributing shifts among multiple doctors could enhance job satisfaction, reduce burnout, and improve patient outcomes. She suggests adapting work schedules to natural energy patterns and making shift handovers seamless so as to make the workplace healthier and more efficient for both providers and patients.
Viral sicknesses rise amid 'quad-demic' in US
The U.S. is facing an increase in viral sicknesses in early 2025 due to the ongoing “quad-demic” which involves COVID-19, influenza, the Respiratory syncytial virus
