PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Muething, Stephen E.
AU  - Kotagal, Uma R.
AU  - Schoettker, Pamela J.
AU  - del Rey, Javier Gonzalez
AU  - DeWitt, Thomas G.
TI  - Family-Centered Bedside Rounds: A New Approach to Patient Care and Teaching
AID  - 10.1542/peds.2006-2528
DP  - 2007 Apr 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 829--832
VI  - 119
IP  - 4
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/4/829.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/4/829.full
SO  - Pediatrics2007 Apr 01; 119
AB  - The importance of patient-centered care and the role of families in decision-making are becoming more recognized. Starting with a single acute care unit, a multidisciplinary improvement team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital developed and implemented a new process that allows families to decide if they want to be part of attending-physician rounds. Family involvement seems to improve communication, shares decision-making, and offers new learning for residents and students. Despite initial concerns of staff members, family-centered rounds has been widely accepted and spread throughout the institution. Here we report our experiences as a potential model to improve family-centered care and teaching.