Calvary Public identified that their existing medical model of care (MoC) was one-dimensional; ALOS was above national benchmark, options for less acute short stay admissions were minimal and structured daily interdisciplinary bedside rounding did not occur.
In an effort to rectify the above issues, Calvary implemented daily (and mandatory) structured interdisciplinary, patient-centred planning and intervention rounds at the bedside (using the SIBR communication model). Additionally, an innovative, structured, repeatable and low fidelity Simulation Program for staff participating in interdisciplinary bedside rounding was developed.
Since implementing the structured bedside rounds:
• ALOS decreased by 1.51 days (25.5% decrease on baseline ALOS)
• Clinical Incident Reporting reduced to 8% (base rate 18%)
• Readmission rate of 0.04% for patients who participated in interdisciplinary bedside rounds
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