Use of Lean in the Emergency Department: A Case Series of 4 Hospitals

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 504-510

  Dickson, Eric W ^a   Anguelov, Zlatko ^b   Vetterick, Diana ^c   Eller, Andrew ^d   Singh, Sabi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349113927     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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