On my first day as an attending physician in a new hospital,I found my house staff and students in the team room, a snugbunker filled with glowing monitors. Instead of sitting downto hear about the patients, I suggested we head out to see them.My team came willingly, though they probably felt that everythingI would need to get up to speed on our patients — thenecessary images, the laboratory results — was right therein the team room. From my perspective, the most crucial elementwasn't.
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