New report highlights crisis with on-call panels.
To solve the challenge of filling call panels, money, turf, and lifestyle issues of physicians must be addressed. --Use of hospitalists and physician assistants can help provide coverage for internal medicine cases. --Competitive contracting could create a critical mass of available on-call physicians. --Paying physicians to be on call makes sense, but adequate funding must be provided.
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