Meeting
Abstract Number: 33
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Joint physician-nurse rounding is an important best practice that facilitates communication and patient participation in their care while improving outcomes and satisfaction. Interdisciplinary bedside rounding has been shown to reduce mortality, lengths of stay, medication errors, and readmissions while improving staff engagement, teamwork, and patient experience (1, 2, 3). In 2018, our hospital added […]
Abstract Number: 63
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Effective communication between the inpatient care team, patients and their families is an integral part of high quality, safe care while inpatient and during transitions of care. Collaborative, highly functioning interdisciplinary teams can impact the perception of that care by the patient and family. A multidisciplinary team at Utah Valley Hospital piloted an accountable […]
Abstract Number: 383
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Interdisciplinary rounding at the bedside is associated with improvements in patient flow metrics, interdisciplinary communication, and patient perception of teamwork among care team members. At UC San Diego Health, FIT (Focused Interdisciplinary Team) Rounding has been the standard of care on seven diverse patient care units since 2017. However, with the arrival of the […]
Abstract Number: 415
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Interdisciplinary rounding at the bedside is a recognized practice for improving patient care, communication, and teamwork. The Focused Interdisciplinary Team (FIT) Rounding model at UCSD has been in place since 2017. Since its implementation, our focus has been on sustaining the standardization of rounding practices and monitoring the impact of FIT on care quality […]