Who is responsible for operating room management and how do we measure how well we do it?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 809-814

  Marjamaa, R A ^a,b   Kirvela O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Nurse managers; Operating room information systems; Operating room management; Performance indicators; Physician managers

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEAD NURSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONITORING; OPERATING ROOM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSES; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447324633     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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