Multidisciplinary meetings lower LOS, excess days.
Forty-five days after daily multidisciplinary patient care conferences, LOS dropped more than a day. Directors of every department make sure their staff attend the meetings, and directors also attend the meetings. The team focuses on what is keeping the patient in the hospital and potential barriers to discharge.
D005845:Georgia; D006126:Group Processes; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D010346:Patient Care Management; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care