Invited Commentary

Commentary on "Patient Satisfaction with Bedside Teaching Rounds Compared with Nonbedside Rounds"

Authors: Daniel Glenn Federman, MD, Naseema Merchant, MD

Abstract

Despite the rapidly evolving medical landscape, many of us remain firmly entrenched in the philosophy prevalent at the time we trained--that patients admitted to the hospital will be highly satisfied if we make a rapid and correct diagnosis, initiate prompt and state-of-the-art therapy, and enact a timely discharge with appropriate follow-up. We also are realizing, however, that so much more dictates the patient experience: noise at night, ability to sleep, hospital cleanliness, food quality, interdisciplinary cooperation, room temperature, how pain is addressed, whether spiritual needs are met, clinician empathy, and so forth.

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