Physician-Nurse Dyad Rounding: A Collaborative Approach to Improve Unit-Level Metrics

Physician-Nurse Dyad Rounding: A Collaborative Approach to Improve Unit-Level Metrics

The project will be implemented on one unit at a time until the co-rounding process has been implemented on each Medical-Surgical unit. This study will involve the geo-localized hospitalist on the designated unit and the nursing staff involved in clinical patient care

Patient experience top box scores as well as doctor and nurse domains will be evaluated retrospectively prior to project implementation and this evaluation will continue to be evaluated six months after IRB approval and project initiation. Baseline patient experience scores are routinely captured as a part of routine data collection practices via Press Ganey survey administration.

LOS and discharge times are also routinely collected as a part of routine data collection practices. LOS and average discharge times will be reviewed on an ongoing basis after project implementation to monitor for improvements.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient Experience, LOS, and Discharge Times: Private hospitalist patients at MDMC
• LOS: Patients with a LOS ≤20 days

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient Experience: Patients other than private hospitalist patients excluded from this measure.
• LOS: Patients with LOS >20 days are considered an outlier and will be excluded from the study