Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety.

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Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety.

Arch Intern Med. 2011 Apr 11;171(7):678-84

Authors: O'Leary KJ, Buck R, Fligiel HM, Haviley C, Slade ME, Landler MP, Kulkarni N, Hinami K, Lee J, Cohen SE, Williams MV, Wayne DB

Effective collaboration and teamwork is essential to providing safe hospital care. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of an intervention designed to improve interdisciplinary collaboration and lower the rate of adverse events (AEs).

PMID: 21482844 [PubMed - in process]

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