The Utilization of 15-Minute Multidisciplinary Rounds to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients under Observation Status
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Overview of the Project
2.2. Context
2.3. Quality Improvement Process
2.4. Interventions
2.5. Primary Outcome
2.6. Secondary Outcomes
2.7. Funding and Ethical Consideration
3. Results
3.1. Length of Stay
3.2. Financial Impact
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Team Leaders | Designated Task |
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Physician Leader | Coordination of rounds by leading patient case discussion and care plan |
Attending Physician(s) | Primary attendings on observation patients Present care plans at the huddle to facilitate coordination |
Nursing Manager | Represent nursing staff to address and coordinate nursing care plan |
Case Management | Review disposition planning and coordinate discharge needs |
Unit-Based Assistant Nursing Practitioner | Assist physicians with care plan |
Physician Advisor | Review patient insurance status, and possibility for inpatient admission criteria |
Cardiac Diagnostic Testing Manager | Facilitate expedited stress testing and echocardiography |
Radiology Manager | Facilitate expedited imaging for observation patients |
Vice President of Clinical Operations | Executive sponsor for rounds |
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Patel, S.V.; Alshami, A.; Douedi, S.; Udongwo, N.; Hossain, M.; Tarina, D.; Walch, B.; Carpenter, K.; Kountz, D.; Buccellato, V.; et al. The Utilization of 15-Minute Multidisciplinary Rounds to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients under Observation Status. Healthcare 2023, 11, 2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212823
Patel SV, Alshami A, Douedi S, Udongwo N, Hossain M, Tarina D, Walch B, Carpenter K, Kountz D, Buccellato V, et al. The Utilization of 15-Minute Multidisciplinary Rounds to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients under Observation Status. Healthcare. 2023; 11(21):2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212823
Chicago/Turabian StylePatel, Swapnil V., Abbas Alshami, Steven Douedi, Ndausung Udongwo, Mohammad Hossain, Dana Tarina, Brian Walch, Kim Carpenter, David Kountz, Vito Buccellato, and et al. 2023. "The Utilization of 15-Minute Multidisciplinary Rounds to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients under Observation Status" Healthcare 11, no. 21: 2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212823
APA StylePatel, S. V., Alshami, A., Douedi, S., Udongwo, N., Hossain, M., Tarina, D., Walch, B., Carpenter, K., Kountz, D., Buccellato, V., Sable, K., Frank, E., & Asif, A. (2023). The Utilization of 15-Minute Multidisciplinary Rounds to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients under Observation Status. Healthcare, 11(21), 2823. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212823