In the 1990s, as the market for healthcare became increasingly competitive, hospitals have began using hospitalists more efficiently and economically to maintain quality care while decreasing cost. The role of the hospitalist has traditionally been to increase efficiency in medicine. This analysis can provide insights on designing best practices for hospitalists rounding efficiently. Preference difference due to age was insignificant.ĭiscussion and Conclusion: In this study, 143 hospitalists provided preferences for improving rounding efficiency based on elements from work assignment and communication. Only 29% believe their EMR is too complex to navigate. Majority prefer dictation via Dragon (47%) to the phone application (23%). Majority have not used a WOW yet (74%) believe WOWs could improve efficiency. Respondents preferred calling a consultant (52%) or text messaging (40%). Text messaging for paging was preferred (70.1%) to pagers (23.4%). Geographic rounding was most efficient at 85%. Half (50%) preferred rounding independently, (34%) with an AP, and majority (62%) with a resident. Most (80%) expect higher patient volumes when working with an advanced practitioner (AP). Results: There were 143 respondents, majority male (60%) with (40%) female.
Responses were presented using descriptive statistics and SPSS v26.
Methods: An anonymous survey containing demographics and questions on preferences for rounding efficiently by hospitalists were widely distributed online. This study investigates hospitalist rounding preferences to improve efficiency based on resources categorized under work assignment and communication. Background: There is no ‘gold standard’ method of rounding for hospitalists.
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