TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of structured interdisciplinary bedside rounding on patient outcomes at a large academic health centre JF - BMJ Quality & Safety JO - BMJ Qual Saf SP - 569 LP - 575 DO - 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009936 VL - 29 IS - 7 AU - Padageshwar R Sunkara AU - Tareq Islam AU - Abhishek Bose AU - Gary E Rosenthal AU - Parag Chevli AU - Hanumantha Jogu AU - Luqman Arafath TK AU - Chi-Cheng Huang AU - Dipendra Chaudhary AU - Daniel Beekman AU - Abhishek Dutta AU - Suma Menon AU - Jaime L Speiser Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/29/7/569.abstract N2 - Background Effective communication between healthcare providers and patients and their family members is an integral part of daily care and discharge planning for hospitalised patients. Several studies suggest that team-based care is associated with improved length of stay (LOS), but the data on readmissions are conflicting. Our study evaluated the impact of structured interdisciplinary bedside rounding (SIBR) on outcomes related to readmissions and LOS.Methods The SIBR team consisted of a physician and/or advanced practice provider, bedside nurse, pharmacist, social worker and bridge nurse navigator. Outcomes were compared in patients admitted to a hospital medicine unit using SIBR (n=1451) and a similar control unit (n=770) during the period of October 2016 to September 2017. Multivariable negative binomial regression analysis was used to compare LOS and logistic regression analysis was used to calculate 30-day and 7-day readmission in patients admitted to SIBR and control units, adjusting for covariates.Results Patients admitted to SIBR and control units were generally similar (p≥0.05) with respect to demographic and clinical characteristics. Unadjusted readmission rates in SIBR patients were lower than in control patients at both 30 days (16.6% vs 20.3%, p=0.03) and 7 days (6.3% vs 9.0%, p=0.02) after discharge, while LOS was similar. After adjusting for covariates, SIBR was not significantly related to the odds of 30-day readmission (OR 0.81, p=0.07) but was lower for 7-day readmission (OR 0.70, p=0.03); LOS was similar in both groups (p=0.58).Conclusion SIBR did not reduce LOS and 30-day readmissions but had a significant impact on 7-day readmissions. ER -