Background: Joint Commission has identified “communication” as the third most frequent root cause of sentinel events.1 Alpha-numeric pagers are common for communication among healthcare professionals. Pagers are not HIPAA compliant and communication through pagers often lacks sufficient information for effective communication.2 Because pager communication is one-way, closed loop communication requires a return telephone call, disrupting [...]

Background: Hospital discharges before noon have become a common institutional goal in order to improve hospital throughput, reduce emergency department boarding time, and enhance patient satisfaction. Evaluation of baseline rates at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), a 100-bed academically-affiliated community hospital, demonstrated <10% of patients were discharged before noon. Purpose: To improve rates of [...]

Background: Interprofessional rounding has improved patient safety and provider engagement (1). Our institution implemented interdisciplinary patient rounds (IPR) similarly described in the literature (2). Despite praise for our nursing safety checklist, declining emphasis on bedside teaching and brief patient interactions lead to provider dissatisfaction. Purpose: To provide high-quality patient care, foster interprofessional collaboration, and provide [...]