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Patient care conference: a coordinated, collaborative effort. 1996

A M Kallenbach, and D S Meyer

Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill, USA.

The flow chart, guidelines, and document describe the mechanism for patient care conferences. Because the need, process, and documentation of patient care conferences have been clarified, care conferences are now more consistent, efficient, and effective. Documentation streamlined the process of setting up care conferences by recording the following information: who was notified, who would attend, specific issues to be discussed, conference scheduling summary of plans and decisions made. Task force satisfaction was high because of a short timeline, clear problem definition, clear goals, team sponsorship, and a good end product. Use of continuous quality improvement techniques added to the success of this project, because there was a methodology for starting with a variable, unclear process and ending with a creative, efficient process. All members of the healthcare team and patients and families were satisfied, because the patient care conference was available to discuss specific issues and reach consensus on decisions about the patient's treatment plan at critical points during the patient's hospital course.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009737	Nursing Records	Data recorded by nurses concerning the nursing care given to the patient, including judgment of the patient's progress.	Records, Nursing,Nursing Record,Record, Nursing
D010347	Patient Care Planning	Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.	Nursing Care Plans,Goals of Care,Plans, Nursing Care,Care Goal,Care Goals,Care Plan, Nursing,Care Planning, Patient,Care Plans, Nursing,Nursing Care Plan,Plan, Nursing Care,Planning, Patient Care
D010348	Patient Care Team	Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.	Health Care Team,Interdisciplinary Health Team,Medical Care Team,Multidisciplinary Care Team,Multidisciplinary Health Team,Healthcare Team,Care Team, Health,Care Team, Medical,Care Team, Multidisciplinary,Care Team, Patient,Care Teams, Health,Care Teams, Patient,Health Care Teams,Health Team, Interdisciplinary,Health Team, Multidisciplinary,Healthcare Teams,Interdisciplinary Health Teams,Medical Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Health Teams,Patient Care Teams,Team, Health Care,Team, Healthcare,Team, Interdisciplinary Health,Team, Medical Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Health,Team, Patient Care,Teams, Interdisciplinary Health
D010351	Patient Discharge	The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.	Discharge Planning,Discharge Plannings,Discharge, Patient,Discharges, Patient,Patient Discharges,Planning, Discharge,Plannings, Discharge
D003422	Critical Care	Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.	Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man