Kaizen: A method of process improvement in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1341-1349

  Jacobson, Gregory H ^a   McCoin, Nicole Streiff ^a   Lescallette, Richard ^a   Russ, Stephan ^a   Slovis, Corey M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Core competencies; CQI; Kaizen; Quality

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71549164331     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00580.x     Document Type: Review

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