Implementing an emergency department patient admission predictive tool: Insights from practice

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-318

  Jessup, Melanie ^a   Wallis, Marianne ^a   Boyle, Justin ^b   Crilly, Julia ^c   Lind, James ^c   Green, David ^c   Miller, Peter ^d   Fitzgerald, Gerard ^e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Emergency treatment; Information systems; Medical care; Patients; Software tools

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WORKFLOW;

EID: 77954228585     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261011054635     Document Type: Article

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