title: Hospitals struggle to overcome intensive care shortage.
abstract: Intensive care units (ICUs) are challenging emergency departments as the most overcrowded hospital department. ICU medical directors may provide a solution to overcrowding through more effective ICU management. However, 30 percent of hospitals don't have around-the-clock ICU directors, burnout is common, and the position is increasingly hard to fill. Adding to the problem is a shortage of skilled ICU personnel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Larkin
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D014481:United States