The goal is to be as unobtrusive as possible for patients while still providing an educational round for health-care professionals. It's a chance to share ideas about treatments and services and ensure a consistent quality of care for all patients. Now, the palliative care consultant is pleased with the success of bus rounds. You get 10 consults for the price of one visit. It's a chance to see cases that are particularly interesting or have significant psycho-social problems, she said, and learn about symptoms no one has seen before.
Patients also benefit from bus rounds in more ways than one.
Myers carefully prepared his living room for 14 visitors. Dr. Oneschuk led the talk and when asked about his pain control, Myers produced a little blue book. It's a diary of how he manages his pain and he shared it with everyone. For Myers, it was a chance to meet people he's dealt with on the phone. For the team, it was an opportunity to see how one individual is taking control of his life.