Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Editorial Comment
Quantity, Quality, or Neither-Measuring the Effectiveness of Rounds.
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Observational Study
How Much Time are Physicians and Nurses Spending Together at the Patient Bedside?
Bedside rounding involving both nurses and physicians has numerous benefits for patients and staff. However, precise quantitative data on the current extent of physician-nurse (MD-RN) overlap at the patient bedside are lacking. ⋯ RFID-based technology provides precise, automated, and high-throughput time-motion data to capture nurse and physician activity. At our institution, 30.0% of rounds involve a bedside nurse, highlighting a potential barrier to bedside interdisciplinary rounding.