Electronic Printed Ward Round Proformas: Freeing Up Doctors' Time
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Electronic Printed Ward Round Proformas: Freeing Up Doctors' Time
The role of a junior doctor involves preparing for the morning ward round. At a time when there are gaps on rotas and doctors' time is more stretched, this can be a source of significant delay and thus a loss of working time. We therefore looked at ways in which we could make the ward round a more efficient place by introducing specific electronic, printed ward round proformas. We used the aver...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2050-1315
DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u212969.w5171