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July effect: New interns 'perfect storm' for higher mortality rates

A new study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine confirms the notorious "July effect" in which mortality rates rise and efficiency declines during the summer month as the new class of

SPOTLIGHT: Resident work-hour violations have gone up

As everyone knows, hospitals live and die on the labor of interns--and it's always tempting to overwork them. Of late, however, the odds of their getting caught seem to have gone up. According to