J Gen Intern Med January 2021 PMID 32789617

Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time.

Bhanu Prakash Kolla, Brandon J Coombes, Timothy I Morgenthaler, Meghna P Mansukhani

Mentions

109
Peak: 10 in Sep 2020
across 4 sources since Aug 2020

Extended reach

390,127
potential audience

Total likes

413

Video views

8,709

Mentions per month

Aug 2020 – Nov 2024

Where it's discussed

  • News70 articles
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  • YouTube2 videos
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AI synopsis

What people are saying

The overall digital discussions strongly support the article's findings by referencing specific data such as an 18.7% increase in incidents after DST and noting its potential health consequences. The tone and word choice, like 'Yikes' and 'potential,' reflect concern and urgency, emphasizing how this research could lead to tangible policy changes in healthcare settings.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions support the connection between DST transition and increased patient safety incidents, citing multiple studies with figures like 18.7% increase and referencing reputable sources such as Mayo Clinic studies.

InterestHigh interest

The collective discussions demonstrate high interest, with posts highlighting detailed data, studies, and calls to consider policy changes, indicating active engagement with the subject.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several posts revisit the research findings, share examples, and discuss implications, showing a moderate level of in-depth analysis, though some comments are more informational than deeply analytical.

ImpactHigh impact

The discussions underscore significant concerns about patient safety and suggest policy adjustments, indicating that the research has a meaningful influence on healthcare policy and practice considerations.

Abstract in brief

  • The study found that patient safety-related incidents (SRIs), especially those likely caused by human error, increased in the week following the transition into and out of daylight savings time (DST) over 8 years, with the biggest impact observed after the spring shift due to sleep loss from the clock change.
  • The research suggests that healthcare workers experience more errors after the time change, possibly because of reduced sleep, which can lead to more medical mistakes, highlighting a need for policy adjustments like delaying shift start times during DST transitions.
  • Overall, the findings emphasize the importance for healthcare organizations and policymakers to implement strategies to reduce risks associated with sleep deprivation caused by DST changes, aiming to improve patient safety.

Top posts

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Dr. Brian Goldman
@NightShiftMD · X

Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/TdVnFerkJG Another adverse impact of #DaylightSavingTime. There's LOTS more. Stop me when you're convinced.

Mar 13, 2022 · 15 likes · 3 shares · 102,179 followers View post →
Nick Mark MD
@nickmmark · X

MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in the rate of medical errors compared to the week before & a highly significant 18.7% increase after "spring forward." Yikes! https://t.co/d0C5XkhBCA 10/

Mar 10, 2024 · 10 likes · 4 shares · 65,799 followers View post →
Chris Tomaszewski
@toxcat · X

Watch out as we spring forward… potential 18% Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/zRER2dPupz

Mar 16, 2022 · 4 likes · 112 followers View post →
MayoPCCM
@MayoPCCM · X

Drs. Kholla, Coombes, @DrTimMorg and Mansukhani found increases in overall SRIs in the 7 days following DST when compared with 7 days prior for spring and fall.#sleep #PCCM #medtwitter https://t.co/kywEFOTORD

Sep 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 3,804 followers View post →
Timothy Morgenthaler
@DrTimMorg · X

Sleep is vital for a safe workforce and #PatientSafety. Check out how #DaylightSaving might affect #PatientSafety https://t.co/okxTV7xqy5 https://t.co/As0vWVXXzu

Aug 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 1,260 followers View post →
MayoClinicPsych
@MayoPsych · X

@MayoPsych Dr. Bhanu Kolla talks about his publication, "Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time." #MayoPsychResearch #SleepMed #DaylightSavingTime https://t.co/ZsNrdyC3iA https://t.co/R5SMXPXf5k

Mar 14, 2022 · 2 likes · 905 followers View post →

All mentions

Overlizard
@Aitch_El · X

RT @nickmmark: MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in t…

Mar 29, 2024 · 4 shares · 3,570 followers View post →
coonavass
@coonavass · X

RT @nickmmark: MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in t…

Mar 29, 2024 · 4 shares · 4,769 followers View post →
Nick Mark MD
@nickmmark · X

RT @nickmmark: MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in t…

Mar 21, 2024 · 4 shares · 65,799 followers View post →
Syed Shahrul Naz
@drshahrul80 · X

RT @nickmmark: MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in t…

Mar 11, 2024 · 4 shares · 6,925 followers View post →
Nick Mark MD
@nickmmark · X

MEDICAL ERRORS: According to a 2021 Mayo Clinic Study, in the week following DST transition, there was an 8.8% increase in the rate of medical errors compared to the week before & a highly significant 18.7% increase after "spring forward." Yikes! https://t.co/d0C5XkhBCA 10/

Mar 10, 2024 · 10 likes · 4 shares · 65,799 followers View post →
SpockPQC
@SpockPQC · X

@YvanDutil C'est un peu discutable de regarder seulement les semaines juste avant les changements d'heure comme niveau de référence. Ce serait plus instructif d'avoir les données sur 52 semaines... https://t.co/677P3e175T https://t.co/5CTzMKMh2D

Mar 11, 2023 · 631 followers View post →
Chris Tomaszewski
@toxcat · X

Watch out as we spring forward… potential 18% Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/zRER2dPupz

Mar 16, 2022 · 4 likes · 112 followers View post →
Patti Lennox
@PattiLennox2 · X

RT @NightShiftMD: Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/TdVnFerkJG An…

Mar 15, 2022 · 3 shares · 7 followers View post →
JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine
@JournalGIM · X

Is there ⬆️risk of patient safety-related incidents when we lose an hour for #daylightsavingstime? Check out this article from the JGIM archives. #DST #springforward https://t.co/jTfV04gVws

Mar 14, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 8,741 followers View post →
MayoClinicPsych
@MayoPsych · X

@MayoPsych Dr. Bhanu Kolla talks about his publication, "Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time." #MayoPsychResearch #SleepMed #DaylightSavingTime https://t.co/ZsNrdyC3iA https://t.co/R5SMXPXf5k

Mar 14, 2022 · 2 likes · 905 followers View post →
Uplift Naturally
@UpliftNaturally · X

RT @NightShiftMD: Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/TdVnFerkJG An…

Mar 13, 2022 · 3 shares · 212 followers View post →
Christine Huddleston
@chuddles11 · X

RT @NightShiftMD: Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/TdVnFerkJG An…

Mar 13, 2022 · 3 shares · 13,823 followers View post →
Dr. Brian Goldman
@NightShiftMD · X

Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/TdVnFerkJG Another adverse impact of #DaylightSavingTime. There's LOTS more. Stop me when you're convinced.

Mar 13, 2022 · 15 likes · 3 shares · 102,179 followers View post →
James Hoffman
@jamesmhoffman · X

@barttels2 @JeffLittle76 @Skepticscalpel @RogueRad @chadinabhan @BenMazer @JournalGIM paper the article cites looks quite interesting https://t.co/UA2kr9xl3W

Mar 13, 2022 · 2 likes · 854 followers View post →
Helen Haskell
@hhask · X

ICYMI: Kolla et al: Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time https://t.co/kxAUJbLnMg @JournalGIM

Mar 12, 2022 · 5,588 followers View post →
Holly Witteman, PhD
@hwitteman · X

@MarkLautens Note also that switching from standard to daylight savings is associated with negative health effects. Here are a few (of many) examples: https://t.co/QPKjJYvCT7 https://t.co/TZM3To3lJK https://t.co/3zmu61cYga

Mar 12, 2021 · 1 like · 12,182 followers View post →
Hanna Sherrill, PhD
@HannaSherrill · X

A few studies: https://t.co/fzr3TOYF9s https://t.co/zdzUObTDg4 https://t.co/7LjmvU1tq1 https://t.co/wtdCkrYZwu

Mar 10, 2021 · 262 followers View post →
Rebecca Hytowitz
@Witzitor · X

People’s wrongness when it comes to history aside, there a litany of Peer Reviewed scientific data outlining how this spring forward/fall back thing is bad for people’s health and bad for the economy. Here’s some examples: https://t.co/ww0tvaAs01 https://t.co/kW8ZBRpVUN 7

Mar 9, 2021 · 167 followers View post →
Alosa Health
@AlosaHealth · X

Daylight savings transitions may be associated with increases in medical errors. @JournalGIM https://t.co/srjansGtq9

Oct 15, 2020 · 252 followers View post →
MDAdvantage
@MDAdvantage1 · X

Medical errors increase by nearly 20% around Daylight Savings. Researchers analyzed voluntarily reported data from the Mayo Clinic that occurred seven days before and after the spring and fall time changes for 2010-2017. https://t.co/fSZwpPMYh2

Oct 6, 2020 · 111 followers View post →
EmPRO Insurance
@EmPRO_Insurance · X

Study suggests that daylight savings time Spring-forward increases patient safety related incidents related to human factors within a healthcare organization by over 18% in the week after advancing the time when compared to the prior week. https://t.co/KD8xCMsGRd

Sep 29, 2020 · 98 followers View post →
Alice Gallo, MD
@GallodeMoraesMD · X

RT @MayoPCCM: Drs. Kholla, Coombes, @DrTimMorg and Mansukhani found increases in overall SRIs in the 7 days following DST when compared wit…

Sep 26, 2020 · 1 share · 8,985 followers View post →
MORE Health
@morehealth · X

Reported this week in JGIM by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), daylight savings time brings an increase in medical errors. https://t.co/Aeds7oP9Vr #SecondOpinionsMatter #SecondOpinionService

Sep 25, 2020 · 4,355 followers View post →
Dr. AJ Adejare Ph.D
@Kirielson · X

RT @informaticsGeek: Daylight savings time changes increase patient safety related incidents by ~20% in the spring and 5% in the fall accor…

Sep 24, 2020 · 2 shares · 389 followers View post →
David Hanauer
@informaticsGeek · X

Daylight savings time changes increase patient safety related incidents by ~20% in the spring and 5% in the fall according to 8 yr analysis. And don't forget about the timing of new interns (the "July Effect"). @Coombiya @DrTimMorg https://t.co/LvSjvq1XX1 https://t.co/2jk22qx03J https://t.co/KViVNR6WSd

Sep 24, 2020 · 2 shares · 227 followers View post →
Dr. Euclides Cavalcanti
@Links_Medicus · X

Increased patient safety-related incidents following the transition into daylight savings time – via @JournalGIM https://t.co/76uWz6dJQt

Sep 22, 2020 · 29,414 followers View post →
Dr. Luis Ramos Neira, MD
@lramosneira · X

Increased Patient Safety-Related Incidents Following the Transition into Daylight Savings Time #PtSafety #SegPac https://t.co/dnZwUJu1iN https://t.co/qgqcJzfgWj

Sep 22, 2020 · 1 like · 2,259 followers View post →
MayoPCCM
@MayoPCCM · X

Drs. Kholla, Coombes, @DrTimMorg and Mansukhani found increases in overall SRIs in the 7 days following DST when compared with 7 days prior for spring and fall.#sleep #PCCM #medtwitter https://t.co/kywEFOTORD

Sep 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 3,804 followers View post →
Mario Leocadio-Miguel
@Miguel_ml_mario · X

RT @mvonschantz: The transition into daylight savings time was associated with a 18.7% increase in patient safety-related incidents in the…

Sep 10, 2020 · 1 share · 322 followers View post →
Malcolm von Schantz
@mvonschantz · X

The transition into daylight savings time was associated with a 18.7% increase in patient safety-related incidents in the following week. That's rather a lot. https://t.co/JJVzFZFHiO

Sep 10, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,458 followers View post →
Sleep Nebraska
@sleep_nebraska · X

#RT @AASMorg: Studying a large #healthcare organization over 8 years, researchers found a significant increase in patient #safety incidents in the week following the transition to #DaylightSavingTime. https://t.co/M2raQtKTBT https://t.co/WvFZF8z5U6

Aug 18, 2020 · 74 followers View post →
Tinguely Gilberte
@GilTinguely · X

RT @AASMorg: Studying a large #healthcare organization over 8 years, researchers found a significant increase in patient #safety incidents…

Aug 18, 2020 · 1 share · 152 followers View post →
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
@AASMorg · X

Studying a large #healthcare organization over 8 years, researchers found a significant increase in patient #safety incidents in the week following the transition to #DaylightSavingTime. https://t.co/VHO3juhnVS https://t.co/XTPgN5wMnG

Aug 18, 2020 · 1 share · 25,907 followers View post →
JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine
@JournalGIM · X

Spring forward time change is associated with an increased risk of patient safety incidents. @BKOLLA https://t.co/5DgGhPW6cG https://t.co/BtZpfY1nts

Aug 18, 2020 · 8,741 followers View post →
Timothy Morgenthaler
@DrTimMorg · X

Sleep is vital for a safe workforce and #PatientSafety. Check out how #DaylightSaving might affect #PatientSafety https://t.co/okxTV7xqy5 https://t.co/As0vWVXXzu

Aug 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 1,260 followers View post →