Improving door-to-physician times in 2 community hospital emergency departments

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-144

  Welch, Shari ^a   Dalto, Joseph ^b  

^a Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

delays in care; emergency department; quality; safety; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAFETY; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UTAH; WORKFLOW;

EID: 79952592901     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610379630     Document Type: Article

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