What Is Releasing Time to Care?

Across British Columbia, Releasing Time to Care is being implemented in residential care, community, acute inpatient and mental health settings. Some of the results seen to date include: Increased direct care time from 25% to 40% Reduced falls by 29% Decreased interruptions for RNs from 216 per shift (18/hr) to 132 per shift (11/hr) Decreased length of handover by 1/3, while increasing the quality of information exchanged Decreased infection rates (MRSA, UTI, C. difficile, etc.) Reduced staff sick time and turnover