Physician experiences of team-based clinical microsystems: implications for the future of inpatient interprofessional communication.

Healthcare clinical microsystems are small, goal-oriented groups of healthcare professionals that work together on a regular basis to provide care to discrete patient populations. They often include team-based frameworks such as bedside interprofessional rounds, geographic colocation of healthcare team members, interprofessional staff leadership, and unit-level data sharing. In inpatient settings, microsystems improve interprofessional communication and collaboration.

A Qualitative Study of Patient and Interprofessional Healthcare Team Member Experiences of Bedside Interdisciplinary Rounds at a VA: Language, Teamwork, and Trust.

Background: Patient and interprofessional healthcare team member experiences of bedside interdisciplinary rounds (BIDR) are generally positive. Overall, there is large heterogeneity in existing BIDR frameworks, and best practices have not been defined.

Objective: Understand patients' and interprofessional healthcare team members' experiences of BIDR.

"We're all truly pulling in the exact same direction": A qualitative study of attending and resident physician impressions of structured bedside interdisciplinary rounds.

Background: Physicians often hold leadership roles in implementing interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) in clinical settings, thus understanding physician perspectives of bedside IDR is crucial.

Objective: To understand physicians' perspectives of structured bedside IDR.

Design: Qualitative descriptive study.

Engaging resident physicians in the design, implementation, and assessment of bedside interdisciplinary rounds.

Bedside interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) improve teamwork, communication, and collaborative culture in inpatient settings. Implementation of bedside IDR in academic settings depends on engagement from resident physicians; however, little is known about their knowledge and preferences related to bedside IDR. The goal of this program was to identify medical resident perceptions about bedside IDR and to engage resident physicians in the design, implementation, and assessment of bedside IDR in an academic setting.

Frontline healthcare workers' perspectives on interprofessional teamwork during COVID-19.

Effective interprofessional teamwork serves an important role in successful crisis response. Responses to past public health crises have relied on interprofessional communication and trust to support healthcare worker (HCW) resiliency. To understand interprofessional interactions and perceptions of teamwork during the COVID-19 response, we conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 18 inpatient HCWs (11 bedside nurses, 5 care coordinators, and 2 pharmacists) from one VA Medical Center between March and June 2020.