Opportunities to improve the quality of inpatient consultation: one hospital’s investigation but an age old struggle

Inpatient consultation is widely used by hospital physician teams to access specialized expertise and procedures. However, the quality of the resultant consultation varies widely. This commentary describes prior efforts to understand variation in rates of consultation and potential implications acro...

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Main Authors: Landon, B. (Author), Stevens, J.P (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
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520 3 |a Inpatient consultation is widely used by hospital physician teams to access specialized expertise and procedures. However, the quality of the resultant consultation varies widely. This commentary describes prior efforts to understand variation in rates of consultation and potential implications across the spectrum of care from underuse to overuse. Improving the quality of consultation requires a full understanding of the aspects of consultation that contribute to quality, including clear requests and communications from the consulting team, but also recognition of organizational and cultural constraints that can impact the availability and quality of consultations provided. © 2022, The Author(s). 
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