A Study To Identify Who Is the Responsible Physician for Each Patient in a Teaching Hospital

A one-day study was conducted to confirm evidence of disagreement about which physician was responsible for the care of patients in a teaching hospital. Sixteen percent of the patients reported the responsible physician as someone different from the physician listed on their medical record, and 13% could not provide any physician's name. Significant disagreement was also discovered between the name given by the charge nurse, the patient's …