Articles Tagged With: rounds
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Do Clinicians Follow Ethics Recommendations? Relationships Are Important Factor
Ethicists often make recommendations after a consult — but does anyone actually follow them?
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Virtual Rounds Shorten Lengths of Stay
An Arizona facility cut more than 3,000 excess days for a savings of more than $6 million over 10 months.
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Best Practices in Utilization Management
The increasing complexity of healthcare has taken the field of case management along for the ride, and with it the practice of utilization management. -
Hospital Reduces HAPI Rate by Half with Huddles, Rounds
A hospital that had struggled to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) has found success with an approach that emphasizes empowering frontline staff and consistent, structured huddles. After one year, the culture has changed, and HAPIs have been cut by 50%.
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Plan of Care Rounds Improve Communication
Collaborative care teams can use interdisciplinary plan of care rounds to improve communication and facilitate smooth transitions. The plan of care round team can give patients a brief overview and answer patients’ questions or concerns.
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Targeted Rounds Reduce PICU CAUTIs to Zero
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has achieved a rate of zero catheter-associated urinary tract infections through the use of daily targeted rounds. The hospital has maintained that zero rate for more than one year.
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Interdisciplinary Walking Rounds: A Key Strategy for Improving Case Management Outcomes – Part 2
In last month’s edition of Case Management Insider, we began exploring the evolving world of interdisciplinary care rounds. “State of the art,” as defined by The Joint Commission and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is to have some form of bedside or walking rounds.