Predictors and Outcomes of Patient Knowledge of Plan of Care in Hospital Medicine: A Quality Improvement Study.

Background: Patient understanding of plan of care is associated with positive outcomes in ambulatory settings. In hospital medicine settings, patient-physician agreement on plan of care (concordance) has been limited and difficult to improve. This study examined the impact of adding a hospitalist to interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) on physician-patient-nurse concordance and the relationship between concordance and outcomes.

Structure and outcomes of interdisciplinary rounds in hospitalized medicine patients: A systematic review and suggested taxonomy.

Background: Interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) have been described to improve outcomes. However, there is limited understanding of optimal IDR design.

Purpose: To systematically review published reports of IDR to catalog types of IDR and outcomes, and assess the influence of IDR design on outcomes.