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 [...]

Background: Electronic medical record (EMR) chart notes are primary tool through which providers communicate their thought processes, clinical decision making and care plans. Our health system consists of 11 hospitals ranging from large academic medical center to small hospitals in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Hospital Medicine team represent over 250 providers across all the sites. [...]