Norwood Hospital Improves Safety with Geographical Rounding

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013, TeamHealth Hospital Medicine began providing the facility's hospital medicine staffing, clinical leadership and performance management services with a goal of decreasing length of stay and improving patient safety and satisfaction. To improve the care and safety of patients during their hospital stay and through their discharge home, TeamHealth instituted “geographical rounding.” Under the model, a hospitalist is assigned to each inpatient floor, instead of working throughout the facility.