Observations of residents' work activities for 24 consecutive hours: Implications for workflow redesign

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 766-775

  Gabow, Patricia A ^a,d   Karkhanis, Amit ^b   Knight, Andrew ^c   Dixon, Paula ^a   Eisert, Sheri ^b   Albert, Richard K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c Aspen Healthcare Metrics   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 33746778357     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200608000-00016     Document Type: Article

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