Second time's the charm for open-visiting effort.
First attempt at instituting open visiting lacked adequate planning and defined processes. Including, not excluding, family from the intensive care unit is a growing trend. The two-month pilot ultimately led to adoption of a new policy.
D003142:Communication; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014789:Visitors to Patients