Understanding and reducing the medication delivery waste via systems mapping and analysis

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Mazur, Lukasz M ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^b  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare systems; Medication delivery errors; Systems analysis; Value stream mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349143348     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9024-9     Document Type: Article

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