SIBR for Physician Leaders

Physician variability causes inefficiencies and frustration.
Create consistency and clarity with SIBR® Rounds

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Structured

6-step communication protocol to create a shared mental model of who says what, when, and in what sequence at the bedside.

Interdisciplinary

Teamwork model with role clarity for the bedside nurse, physician, and any available allied health professionals.

Bedside

Patient-centered communication to synthesize mutually supported plans of care and discharge.

Rounds

Efficient: 3-5 minutes per patient, -12 patients in a mid-morning SIBR hour for 1 physician team.

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An Innovation in Care Delivery

We can help get your physicians onboard

Designed by physicians

SIBR was developed by hospitalists to make their day more efficient, effective and patient-centered.

Multi-award winning

SIBR® rounds and their implementation have won multiple awards for quality, teamwork and patient safety.

Recognized by leading institutions

SIBR rounds were previously included in the Center for Medicaid Services Innovation portfolio and recommended by the UK Royal College of Physicians & Royal College of Nurses as a ‘Gold Standard’ model of rounding.

SIBR team rounds with daughter, physician, nurse, pharmacist & care manager

"We measured mortality, length of stay, readmissions, CAUTIs, CLABSIs, some process measures. We measured cost ... before/after implementation of the ACU on the same unit. And we also compared ourselves to a control group in our larger hospital system. So, the hospitalist patients matched by DRG amongst six hospitals in the area.
All of those metrics got better. We improved mortality 25 to 30 percent, relatively, while
reducing length of stay by 10 to 15 percent while reducing readmissions by about 20 percent while reducing costs by about $1,500 to $2,000 per patient per stay, before versus after, but it also looked the same when we compared to a control group across the city. "

"Not only is {SIBR} a time saver because we're getting all the people that you need to talk to you throughout the day together, it's also a much more fun way to work. It's a more collaborative way to work."

"I thought we were pretty good beforehand and I used to like working where I worked, pre-SIBR but I love it a lot more now. And the most satisfying part is being part of a team where everyone actually knows each other very well, communicates really effectively.
And the patients wouldn't let us go back, I don't think. Staff hear nothing but really positive feedback from the vast majority of patients about communication.
So I wouldn't go back!"

"One of my favorite stories is still a patient who was trying to figure out what we did that made it different. And he eventually told me that I must have done a search through the entire health region and found the best nurses, doctors, pharmacists, etcetera, and brought them all to one place. And that's how we made the care so great!
Which of course isn't true. And that is a giant compliment because the unit previously was thought of a place where the patient experience was terrible. And the staff hadn't changed, same people but we changed the environment they get to work in."