[j-pb]

Proposal: Have doctors always work in pairs like we do when pair programming. The shifts of each partner consists of 8 hours but are shifted by half a phase. This way the maximum time of sleep deprivation is 4 hours and the handoff is also a process that takes 4 hours giving maximum information transfer and always a fresh mind to catch errors.

[theluketaylor]

Or doctor/nurse practitioner pairs, since training and paying a NP is far cheaper.

[maxerickson]

We don't have enough doctors to do that.

[npizzolato]

By design.