Impact of scribes on performance indicators in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Arya, Rajiv ^a   Salovich, Danielle M ^a   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^b   Merlin, Mark A ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance indicators; Relative value units; Scribes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIFT WORKER; TURNAROUND TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953547348     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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