title: The Impact of Bedside Interdisciplinary Rounds on Length of Stay and Complications.
abstract: Communication among team members within hospitals is typically fragmented. Bedside interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) have the potential to improve communication and outcomes through enhanced structure and patient engagement.
  
  
  
  To decrease length of stay (LOS) and complications through the transformation of daily IDR to a bedside model.
  
  
  
  Controlled trial.
  
  
  
  2 geographic areas of a medical unit using a clinical microsystem structure.
  
  
  
  2005 hospitalizations over a 12-month period.
  
  
  
  A bedside model (mobile interdisciplinary care rounds [MICRO]) was developed. MICRO featured a defined structure, scripting, patient engagement, and a patient safety checklist.
  
  
  
  The primary outcomes were clinical deterioration (composite of death, transfer to a higher level of care, or development of a hospital-acquired complication) and length of stay (LOS). Patient safety culture and perceptions of bedside interdisciplinary rounding were assessed pre- and postimplementation..
  
  
  
  There was no difference in LOS (6.6 vs 7.0 days, P = 0.17, for the MICRO and control groups, respectively) or clinical deterioration (7.7% vs 9.3%, P = 0.46). LOS was reduced for patients transferred to the study unit (10.4 vs 14.0 days, P = 0.02, for the MICRO and control groups, respectively). Nurses and hospitalists gave significantly higher scores for patient safety climate and the efficiency of rounds after implementation of the MICRO model.
  
  
  
  The trial was performed at a single hospital.
  
  
  
  Bedside IDR did not reduce overall LOS or clinical deterioration. Future studies should examine whether comprehensive transformation of medical units, including co-leadership, geographic cohorting of teams, and bedside interdisciplinary rounding, improves clinical outcomes compared to units without these features. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2017;12:137-142.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.affiliation: Division of Hospital Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reyna
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital Queens, Queens, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radbill
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parides
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colgan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Tobi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osio
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cambe
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Margo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwerling
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egorova
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D056164:Teaching Rounds / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends