Tracking workload in the emergency department

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 526-539

  Levin, Scott ^a,b   France, Daniel J ^a   Hemphill, Robin ^a   Jones, Ian ^a   Chen, Kong Y ^a   Rickard, Dorsey ^a   Makowski, Renee ^a   Aronsky, Dominik ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONDITION MONITORING; EMERGENCY ROOMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED); EMERGENCY MEDICINE (EM) PHYSICIANS; STRESS RESPONSE; WORKLOAD PROFILES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; WORKLOAD;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33750411250     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006778606903     Document Type: Article

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