Ward round template: enhancing patient safety on ward rounds.
Gilliland N, Catherwood N, Chen S, et al. Ward round template: enhancing patient safety on ward rounds. BMJ Open Qual. 2018;7(2):e000170. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000170.
Incomplete communication regarding patient information can diminish the safety of care delivery. This commentary describes how a quality improvement project applied plan–do–study–act cycles to enhance collection of patient data. Researchers developed, tested, and refined a ward round template in a United Kingdom urology service and increased compliance in the recording of patient care measures.
Gilliland N, Catherwood N, Chen S, et al. Ward round template: enhancing patient safety on ward rounds. BMJ Open Qual. 2018;7(2):e000170. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000170.