St elsewhere's or st everywhere's: Improving patient throughput in the private hospital sector

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 920-924

  Laffey, Jennifer A ^a   Wasson, Moran ^a  

^a SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

inpatient booking; operating rooms; patient admission; patient throughput; perioperative care; preadmission communication

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION USE; OPERATING ROOMS;

COMMUNICATION ERRORS; INFORMATION FLOWS; INPATIENT BOOKING; OPERATING EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ADMISSIONS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; STANDARDISED METHODS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35748943236     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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