Incorporating Continuity in a 7-On 7-Off Hospitalist Model and the Correlation With Patient Handoffs and Length of Stay.
Continuity of Patient Care
/ organization & administration
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalists
/ organization & administration
Humans
Length of Stay
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Organizational
Odds Ratio
Patient Handoff
/ organization & administration
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
/ organization & administration
Tertiary Care Centers
/ organization & administration
Treatment Outcome
handoffs
hospitalist
length of stay
schedule
Journal
American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality
ISSN: 1555-824X
Titre abrégé: Am J Med Qual
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9300756
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
21
12
2018
medline:
7
7
2020
entrez:
21
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Little research in hospital medicine examines the effects of hospitalist continuity on patient outcomes. This study implemented a novel staffing model with approximately half of rounding teams starting their 7-day workweek on Monday and the others on Friday. Teams admitted their own patients on their first 4 days with additional nighttime admissions handed off to those teams. No admissions were given to teams on their last 3 days. Length of stay was significantly reduced from 6.34 days in 2015 to 5.7 days in 2016 (
Identifiants
pubmed: 30569734
doi: 10.1177/1062860618818355
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM