Should Quality of Care Provided by Nighttime Intensivists Be Judged by Mortality?

Should Quality of Care Provided by Nighttime Intensivists Be Judged by Mortality?

We read in earnest the retrospective study by Kerlin et al 1 in the recent issue of CHEST (April 2015), which found that nighttime intensivist staffi ng is not associated with a reduction in ICU or hospital mortality rate and overall length of stay. Th is study, as the authors noted, supports the existing body of work, from a single-center randomized controlled trial, multicentered observation...

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

should clinical services provided by pharmacists be compensated?

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Analytical performance characteristics should be judged against objective quality specifications.

The discipline of clinical chemistry is dynamic. Even a superficial glance at contents pages of the Journal over recent years demonstrates a marked evolution of the field. Appropriately, the Information for authors has also changed over the years to reflect new concepts of what constitutes an acceptable publication. Readers of the Journal may have noticed an addition to the 1999 Information for...