TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe value of multidisciplinary rounds
AU  - Lobdell KW
Y1  - 2010/07/12
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.214
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1169
EP  - 1177
VL  - 170
IS  - 13
N2  - 
The US health care system faces serious challenges in delivering value to patients and payers. Kim et al1 provide us with a valuable investigation reinforcing the importance of competence, collaboration, and communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) through multidisciplinary rounds. Specifically, they dissect the contributions of intensivists and multidisciplinary care and demonstrate a marked reduction in risk-adjusted mortality (12%-22%) associated with both. On initial inspection, this is “common sense,” but as we know, common sense is not so common, particularly when trying to change cultures and reallocate resources in complex systems.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.214
ER  -