Improving Hospital Surge Capacity: A New Concept for Emergency Credentialing of Volunteers

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-609

  Schultz, Carl H ^a,b   Stratton, Samuel J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LICENCE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

CREDENTIALING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34247139770     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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