title: Rounds reports: Early experiences of using printed summaries of electronic medical records in a large teaching medical hospital.
abstract: This article describes the rationale, processes, technology, and results of creating of a paper-based rounds report that is now used by our entire institution for efficient inpatient work rounds and checkout rounds that are routinely done in virtually every hospital, both academic and private, in the US. The results of a survey of clinicians suggests that printed rounds reports have markedly improved rounding efficiency, saved substantial amounts of physician time, standardized checkout processes, and improved patient safety.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Health Care System and School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, USA rberger@unch.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D058028:Research Report; D013337:Students, Medical; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000379:methods*
keywords: electronic medical record; patient safety; resident physicians; rounds report