Systematic review of time studies evaluating physicians in the hospital setting

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 353-359

  Tipping, Matthew D ^a   Forth, Victoria E ^a   Magill, David B ^a   Englert, Kate ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medical centers; Hospitalist; Hospitals; Medical staff; Physicians; Systematic review; Systems analysis; Task performance and analysis; Time and motion studies; Time management; Work sampling; Work simplification

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME MOTION STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 77956641334     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.647     Document Type: Review

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