The Effects of Emergency Department Staff Rounding on Patient Safety and Satisfaction

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 666-674

  Meade, Christine M ^a   Kennedy, Julie ^b   Kaplan, Jay ^c  

^a Analytic Research Associates   (United States)

^b Studer Group   (United States)

^c California Emergency Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

ED staff interruptions; leaving against medical advice; left without being seen; Patient safety; patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPISODE OF CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 77952548237     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.042     Document Type: Article

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