Going lean in the emergency department: A strategy for addressing emergency department overcrowding

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kulkarni, Rick G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT THEORY; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR;

CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349086115     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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