Hospitals move to reduce risk of night shift.

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Hospitals move to reduce risk of night shift.

April 23, 2014

Landro L.

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This article reports how hospitals are aiming to boost the safety of care delivered on nights and weekends by employing "nocturnists" (a hospitalist subspecialty)—physicians who work only the night shift.

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