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Tele ICU staffing models criticized as unsafe cost cutting

April 6, 2026r/publichealth, r/emergencymedicine

In r/publichealth and r/emergencymedicine, clinicians argue that replacing on-site overnight physicians with tele coverage is a policy and staffing choice that shifts risk to patients while adding questionable billing and delays.

No hospital should have this system.
But the cost savings and profits!
She rolled in a iPad on a stick and I couldn’t believe it.
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