Background: There is no standardized, consistent method for providing and receiving personalized feedback on patient care amongst hospitalists at our institution. The result is that physicians are not aware of areas they could improve in clinical care until either a sentinel event occurs or at the time of their annual review with division leadership. Additionally, [...]

Background: The Joint Commission (TJC) defines a sentinel event as one related to patient safety resulting in death, permanent, or severe harm.(1) In TJC Sentinel Event Data Annual Review for 2022, communication breakdowns were identified as the root cause for these events. With stricter duty hour restrictions in hospitals nationally, the number of patient caregivers [...]