Background: Length of Stay (LOS) can provide important information regarding the efficiency and quality of patient care. Often, LOS is used as a proxy of efficient hospital management because reducing LOS can allow capacity for emergent admissions and interhospital transfers.2 Increased LOS is associated with negative patient outcomes including increased risk for mortality, hospital acquired [...]

Background: A recent uptick in hospital readmissions, prolonged lengths of stay that was above national benchmarks, and declining patient satisfaction scores threatened the institution’s reputation within the community and risked CMS reimbursement penalties. In response, an interdisciplinary physician-led huddle followed by a structured nurse-physician bedside rounding protocol was developed. This approach was designed to strengthen [...]