http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Since 2010, there has been a decrease in the satisfaction and usability ratings for certified electronic health records (EHRs), according to survey results presented by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and AmericanEHR Partners. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-user-satisfaction-electronic-health.html Health Fri, 10 May 2013 13:40:01 EST news287408807 (HealthDay)—Although many residency program directors approve of individual components within the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program Requirements introduced in 2011, less than half express overall approval, according to a perspective piece published in the Feb. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-discusses-impact-acgme-requirements.html Other Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:20:02 EST news280673760 (Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers in France has found what they call a "signal" that tells a person when to rest while engaging in work, and then when to resume once rested. The team, as they describe in their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used fMRI scans on a group of volunteers to study a part of the brain normally associated with pain perception and found what amounts to a signal calling for the conscious mind to take a break. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-clues-brain-rest.html Neuroscience Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:20:01 EST news278063754 For critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, daily sedation interruption did not reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation or appear to offer any benefit to patients, and may have increased both sedation and analgesic use and nurse workload, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-daily-sedation-critically-ill-patients.html Other Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:20:01 EST news269675759 (Medical Xpress)—Lack of control over operating rooms and other resources as well as a lack of work-life balance are among the main reasons general surgeons may be dissatisfied with their jobs, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgeons-happy.html Surgery Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:19:47 EST news268049978 In one of the largest studies of its kind, a consortium of investigators from 13 countries led the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in the U.S. and the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in Europe, found that nurses who reported better working conditions in hospitals and less likelihood of leaving also had patients who were more satisfied with their hospital stay and rated their hospitals more highly. The study was released today in the current issue of the prestigious British Medical Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-international-quality-safety-problems-hospitals.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:14:18 EST news251486051 Providing personal mobile computers to medical residents increases their efficiency, reduces delays in patient care and enhances continuity of care, according to a "research letter" in the March 12, 2012, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-personal-mobile-doctors-efficiency.html Other Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:04 EST news250779376