From: What internal medicine attendings talk about at morning report: a multicenter study
Location | Reports Observed No. (%) | Comments No. (%) | In-person report No. (%) | Unscripted reports No. (%) | Comments per Report, Mean (SD)a | Comments > 1 min No.(%)b |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midwest | ||||||
Site #1 | 13 | 121 (5) | 1/13 (8) | 13/13 (100) | 9.3 (3.1) | 82/121 (68) |
Site #2 | 17 | 285 (12) | 2/17 (12) | 13/17 (76) | 16.8 (7.1) | 74/277 (27) |
Northeast | ||||||
Site #3 | 20 | 231 (10) | 19/20 (95) | 0 | 11.6 (6.2) | 28/231 (12) |
Site #4 | 17 | 73 (3) | 3/17 (18) | 4/17 (24) | 4.3 (3.5) | 6/21 (29) |
Site #5 | 25 | 188 (8) | 0/25 (0) | 0 | 7.5 (5.0) | 40/156 (26) |
Site #6 | 25 | 132 (6) | 0/25 (0) | 5/25 (20) | 5.3 (4.2) | 29/100 (29) |
South | ||||||
Site #7 | 18 | 289 (12) | 15/18 (83) | 16/18 (89) | 16.1 (7.0) | 130/287 (45) |
Site #8 | 16 | 77 (3) | 16/16 (100) | 9/16 (56) | 4.8 (2.4) | 34/77 (44) |
West | ||||||
Site #9 | 16 | 62 (3) | 1/16 (6) | 3/16 (19) | 3.9 (2.7) | 5/32 (16) |
Site #10 | 20 | 193 (8) | 0/20 (0) | 18/20 (90) | 9.6 (6.0) | 22/41 (54) |
Site #11 | 20 | 303 (13) | 0/20 (0) | 0 | 15.1 (11.8) | 10/77 (13) |
Site #12 | 23 | 290 (12) | 8/23 (35) | 0 | 12.6 (6.1) | 83/239 (35) |
Site #13 | 20 | 100 (4) | 0/20 (0) | 6/20 (30) | 5 (5.8) | 28/76 (37) |
Totals | 250 | 2,344 | 65/250 (26) | 87/250 (35) | 9.4 (7.4) | 571/1,735 (25) |