<p>Virtually all residencies supply pagers, but not cell phones. Land line service is required by some residencies because of greater reliability, though most residencies require only a valid cell or land line number.</p>
<p>A few residencies, for instance, Stanford, provide an allowance for cell phone use. <a href=“http://recon.stanford.edu/Handbook/07-House%20Staff%20Handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://recon.stanford.edu/Handbook/07-House%20Staff%20Handbook.pdf</a></p>
<p>Cell phone use in patient care areas is discouraged by the IT and hospital engineering policy makers, although the evidence shows there is no interference with patient monitors. Despite the prohibition of cell phone use in some hospitals, virtually all doctors use cell phones inside and outside the hospital (though few would pay $230 a month for cell, internet and land line service).</p>
<p>BTW, a google search of “housestaff handbook” can give a snapshot of resident life including hours, food, costs and daily concerns. See the housestaff handbook at USCF’s [Department</a> Of Medicine](<a href=“http://medicine.ucsf.edu/housestaff/policies/handbook.html]Department”>http://medicine.ucsf.edu/housestaff/policies/handbook.html).</p>