title: Introducing care rounds using rapid spread.
abstract: Rapid Spread is designed to introduce evidence-based practice in a nonincremental style so that all affected areas implement the changes at the same time. This article describes how care rounds were introduced to all inpatient wards in a large acute trust using a Rapid Spread approach. It discusses the rationale for, responses to, and the sustainability of, the care round concept.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crossfields
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pitt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom