Ward round template: enhancing patient safety on ward rounds.

Niall Gilliland; Natalie Catherwood; Shaouyn Chen; Peter Browne; Jacob Wilson; Helena Burden

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Ward round template: enhancing patient safety on ward rounds.

June 13, 2018

Gilliland N, Catherwood N, Chen S, et al. BMJ Open Qual. 2018;7(2):e000170.

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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.

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