Global InformationInterdisciplinary bedside rounds information
In the domain of hospital medicine, interdisciplinary bedside rounds are a collaborative approach to patient care that involves the participation of the bedside nurse, primary provider, and the patient.[1] They are often joined by family members and allied health professionals such as the patient's pharmacist and case manager.
During interdisciplinary bedside rounds, these participants visit the patient's bedside together — a type of short, interdisciplinary care team meeting. The rounds are typically conducted for all of a provider's patients on a hospital unit, one after another, with each patient's primary nurse joining for his or her patients.
Unlike conventional hospital care in which medical professionals treat patients independently and with minimal coordination, Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds aim to foster real-time collaboration by having the whole care team converge at a patient's bedside to discuss their care and discharge plans.
This approach, by design, seeks to mitigate the risks associated with uncoordinated care, such as miscommunication, oversight, errors, and delays. Research on hospital teams show that teams make fewer mistakes than do individuals, and that team members know their responsibilities and those of their team members.[2][3][4]
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