Joseph Brant Hospital Annual Report 2019 JBH Annual Report 2019 | Page 23

There was a 34 per cent increase in the number of patients who would definitely recommend our inpatient services to friends and family members. Our increased focus on patient communication and care coordination can attribute to these results, through the use of early engagement in care planning, in room communication boards, purposeful rounding, care summary tools and unit bullet rounds. Reporting tells us that on average 81 per cent of patients feel they received the educational materials they needed upon discharge from hospital. To support the accessibility of patient education, the hospital is utilizing “CoHealth,” a mobile app to streamline our patient education materials. Rather than returning home from hospital with loose papers or searching online, patients can use our reliable and accurate source of information from the comfort of their homes, to learn more about their symptoms, care options and more. Our Critical Care Response Teams reacts to any inpatient needing urgent critical care across the hospital, with research showing the quick interventions of the mobile team saves lives. Our model of care has shifted to a physician-lead critical care response team, providing the patients with a faster clinical assessment and management of their care along with providing team members an excellent opportunity for mutual collaboration. Annual Report 2018-2019 23