Exploring Drivers of Medical Overuse Through Transformation of Grand Rounds Into “Right Care Rounds”

Exploring Drivers of Medical Overuse Through Transformation of Grand Rounds Into "Right Care Rounds".

This challenge of medical overuse has been recognized by the Lown Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts, as well as by educators at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has given rise to a new educational conference format called ‘‘Right Care Rounds.’’ This conference uses the familiar format of a case presentation to explore and identify drivers of medical overuse and...

Grand rounds.

Department Grand Rounds

Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds series (course number MGR18074) seeks to promote excellence and quality in clinical care; introduce clinicians to recent advances in medical care; provide updates on scientific advances that affect the practice of medicine; and provide a forum for discussion of topics that strengthen the relationship of psychiatry to the broader community. Events a...

Evaluation of videoconferenced grand rounds.

We evaluated various aspects of grand rounds videoconferenced from a tertiary care hospital to a regional hospital in Nova Scotia. During a five-month study period, 29 rounds were broadcast (19 in medicine and 10 in cardiology). The total recorded attendance at the remote site was 103, comprising 70 specialists, nine family physicians and 24 other health-care professionals. We received 55 evalu...