Redesigning emergency department patient flows: Application of Lean Thinking to health care

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-397

  King, Diane L ^a   Ben Tovim, David I ^a   Bassham, Jane ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access block; Emergency department overcrowding; Lean Thinking; Patient flow; Queuing theory; Streaming patient care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33745583855     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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