5/25/2023 Grand Rounds
Implementation of daily huddles and coordinated sign-out documentation on a neuromodulation service to improve patient care and resident learning/engagement
Speakers:
Charlie Ventriglia, MD Haley Euting, MD |
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This project was conducted on the neuromodulation service at the Boston VA health system. The neuromodulation service regularly follows up with patients in between treatments to assess symptoms/side effects. Due to the increase in patient volume, the number of necessary follow up encounters has increased. These encounters are brief and only recorded in the patient’s chart which makes them difficult to refer to when coordinating patient care in clinic. Secondly, due to changes in resident rotation sites, there has been an increase in resident turnover. This turnover makes it difficult for new residents to integrate themselves on the service in a timely and productive manner. The aim of the study is to assess whether implementing a daily, formal team huddle with regularly updated sign-out documentation will result in improved resident learning/engagement (as measured by pre/post-intervention assessments) as well as metrics pertaining to patient care such as post-treatment contact encounters (as measured by chart review). Learning Objectives:
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