Hospitalist time usage and cyclicality: Opportunities to improve efficiency

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 329-334

  Kim, Christopher S ^a   Lovejoy, William ^b   Paulsen, Michael ^b   Chang, Robert ^a   Flanders, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hospitalist; Lean thinking; Time study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; TIME MOTION STUDY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 77956625807     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.613     Document Type: Article

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