Twenty-four-hour intensivist staffing in teaching hospitals: tensions between safety today and safety tomorrow.

Meeta Prasad Kerlin; Scott Halpern

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Twenty-four-hour intensivist staffing in teaching hospitals: tensions between safety today and safety tomorrow.

July 18, 2012

Kerlin MP, Halpern S. Chest. 2012;141(5):1315-1320.

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Exploring the impact of 24-hour intensivist coverage on patient safety, this piece advocates for research to understand how a nocturnal intensivist program can influence staffing needs and medical education.

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