Background: At our institution, bedside co-rounding with physicians and nurses has been promoted as a mechanism to facilitate care team communication. However, coordinating bedside co-rounding can be logistically challenging and time consuming, especially when patients and care team members are not geographically co-localized. Little is known on how bedside co-rounding impacts patient experience. We aimed [...]

Background: Physician/Bedside Nurse (RN) communication is at the center of care delivery and patient experience for patients admitted to any Hospital Medicine service. While efficient communication within the healthcare team is the hallmark of high quality care, it is highly variable in terms of timing and quality. Inadequate communication between physicians and nurses, as perceived [...]