Interdisciplinary Walking Rounds: A Key Strategy for Improving Case Management Outcomes--Part 2

The role of interdisciplinary care rounds has never been more vital to the success of healthcare institutions. As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to strive to equate reimbursement with quality of care, hospitals will need to find new ways to deliver care that achieve these goals and have a positive effect on the bottom line The notion of rounds is not a new one, but taking rounds to the bedside on all patient care units is. Critical care areas have used this format for years, but it is now time for this effective process to be taken to the bedside of each and every hospitalized patient.