Increasing Nurse-Physician Family-Centered Rounds Communication: A Quality Improvement Pilot Project.

Background: High-quality nurse-physician communication during family-centered rounds (FCRs) can increase patient safety.

Local Problem: In our hospital, interdisciplinary team members perceived that nurse-physician communication during FCRs declined during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Using quality improvement methodology, we measured nurses' perceived awareness of components of the shared mental model, nurses' attendance during FCRs, compliance with completing FCR summaries, and average time spent per FCR encounter.

Designing a Process for Cardiology Patient Transfers: A Quality Improvement, Descriptive Study on Interprovider Communication and Resident Education.

Background: Patient transitions create vulnerability for care teams. Failures in the handoff process result in communication errors and knowledge gaps, mainly when the handoff occurs between resident and expert-level subspecialty clinicians. The authors set out to develop a standardized handoff using resident comfort as a proxy for implementation.