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Four years' experience with a hospitalist-led medical emergency team: an interrupted time series.
Rothberg MB, Belforti R, Fitzgerald J, Friderici J, Keyes M. J Hosp Med. 2012;7:98-103.
A rapid response system consisting of a hospitalist, critical care nurse, and respiratory therapist successfully reduced cardiac arrest call rates over a 4-year period at an academic medical center. However, there was no associated improvement in overall inpatient mortality rates.
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