Building the Emergency Department of the Future. Philosophical, Operational, and Physical Dimensions

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-122

  McKay, Joanne Ingalls ^a  

^a Freeman White Inc Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042028505     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6465(03)00087-2     Document Type: Review

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