Abstract
Lately, I've been coming to work at midnight. You see, I've begun making late-night administrative rounds at the hospital where I am president and chief executive officer. No, I'm not nostalgic for my harrowing days as a resident. Rather, these middle-of-the-nighters are part of an initiative of mine intended to address a matter that is of increasing concern at hospitals throughout the country: the stark discrepancy in quality between daytime and nighttime inpatient services.