A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine described a sign out process that reduced medical errors by 30 percent. This communication strategy involved 1:1 transfer of information about patients in a structured team environment (including nurses in some physician meetings). I anticipate that further investigation will reveal that interdisciplinary rounding (with nurses and doctors together) is a critical piece of the error reduction process. For all our advances in technology and digital information tracking, “old school” doctor-nurse rounds may prove to be more important in reducing errors and keeping our patients safe than other far more costly (and exasperating) interventions.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:06:51 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015