Fast Track: One hospital's journey

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Combs, Shane ^a,b   Chapman, Rose ^a,b   Bushby, A ^a  

^a Joondalup Health Campus ^*  (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Did not wait patients; Emergency Department; Fast Track; Patient flow; Process redesign improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33751065607     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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