We extend our thanks to all the patients, carers and members of staff who participated in the study, to the members of the study advisory group and all the attendees at the stakeholder consultation events. We are also grateful for the advice and support of our research collaborators on the study: Katy Schnitzler and Felicity Mayer.
Contributions of authors
Ruth Harris (Professor of Health Care for Older Adults) designed the study, provided overall direction, conducted the realist synthesis, collected and analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Sarah Sims (Project Co-ordinator) designed the study, conducted the realist synthesis, collected and analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Mary Leamy (Lecturer in Mental Health) collected and analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Ros Levenson (Independent Consultant) designed the study, analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Nigel Davies (Principal Lecturer) designed the study, conducted the realist synthesis, collected and analysed data and reviewed the report.
Sally Brearley (Patient and Public Involvement Fellow) designed the study, planned and chaired the advisory group and stakeholder events and reviewed the report.
Robert Grant (Freelance Statistician) designed the study, analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Stephen Gourlay (Associate Professor of Management) designed the study, contributed to data analysis and reviewed the report.
Giampiero Favato (Professor of Accounting and Finance) designed the study, analysed data and drafted sections of the report.
Fiona Ross (Professor of Health Research) designed the study, contributed to data analysis and drafted sections of the report.
Publications
Schnitzler K, Davies N, Ross F, Harris R. Using Twitter™ to drive research impact: a discussion of strategies, opportunities and challenges. Int J Nurs Stud 2016;59:15–26.
Harris R, Sims S, Leveson R, Gourlay S, Ross F, Davies N, et al. What aspects of intentional rounding work in hospital wards, for whom and in what circumstances? A realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open 2017;7:e014776.
Sims S, Leamy M, Davies N, Schnitzler K, Levenson R, Mayer F, et al. Realist synthesis of intentional rounding in hospital wards: exploring the evidence of what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why. BMJ Qual Saf 2018;27:743–57.
Data-sharing statement
All data requests should be submitted to the corresponding author for consideration. Access to available anonymised data may be granted following review. Exclusive use will be retained until the publication of major outputs.
Patient data
This work uses data provided by patients and collected by the NHS as part of their care and support. Using patient data is vital to improve health and care for everyone. There is huge potential to make better use of information from people’s patient records, to understand more about disease, develop new treatments, monitor safety, and plan NHS services. Patient data should be kept safe and secure, to protect everyone’s privacy, and it’s important that there are safeguards to make sure that it is stored and used responsibly. Everyone should be able to find out about how patient data are used. #datasaveslives You can find out more about the background to this citation here: https://understandingpatientdata.org.uk/data-citation.
Disclaimers
This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.