"We investigate whether information technology can help physicians more efficiently acquire new knowledge in a clinical … medical knowledge when physicians are coping with information overload. Secondly, spillover effects will likely lead to …

. Those treated by physicians from the higher-ranked institution have 10-25% shorter and less expensive stays than patients … are precise. Procedure differences across the teams are consistent with the ability of physicians in the lower …-ranked institution to substitute time and diagnostic tests for the faster judgments of physicians from the top-ranked institution …

information asymmetry: physicians perceive the quality of care they offer perfectly and their patients do not perceive it at all. …