Table 3. Association Between Physician Bedside Rounding With and Without the Use of a Standard Reporting System Template Relative to Patient Outcomes.
| Pre-intervention |
Post-intervention |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedside rounding by incoming and outgoing physicians without standard report (n = 91) | Bedside rounding by incoming and outgoing physicians with standard report (n = 550) | ||
| Handoff parameters | |||
| Communication method - yes, (n, %) | |||
| Written | 73 (80) | 451 (82) | 0.68 |
| EMR | 84 (92) | 541 (94) | 0.59 |
| Patient care outcome measurements | |||
| Total ED LOS - min, (median, IQR) | 484 (324 - 888) | 456 (327 - 635) | 0.1989 |
| Provider time - min, (median, IQR) | 311 (226 - 565) | 263 (173 - 435) | 0.005 |
| Handoff time - min, (median, IQR) | 12.5 (12.5 - 17.5) | 7.5 (7.5 - 12.5) | < 0.001 |
| Referral cases - yes, (n, %) | 10 (11) | 33 (6) | 0.078 |
n: number; EMR: electronic medical record; ED: emergency department; LOS: length of stay; min: minutes; IQR: interquartile range.