Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays: A preliminary report

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1068-1072

  Nundy, Shantanu ^a,h   Mukherjee, Arnab ^a,b,g   Sexton, J Bryan ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,d,e,f   Knight, Andrew ^b   Rowen, Lisa C ^f   Duncan, Mark ^c   Syin, Dora ^a,d   Makary, Martin A ^a,b,d,e  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Surgical Outcomes Research

^e School of Medicine

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56549117938     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.11.1068     Document Type: Article

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