Interdisciplinary Rounds on a Hospitalist Service: Impact on Palliative Care Measures, Quality, and Utilization Outcomes

Conclusions: Results support IDRs as a mechanism to improve time to PC referral, decrease LOS, direct cost, and 30-day mortality among hospitalized adults. A more objective method of identifying patients with unmet PC needs may be warranted.
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research