Efficiency in ambulatory surgery center

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-698

  Joshi, Girish P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICENTERS;

EID: 56849096258     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328311d1b2     Document Type: Review

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