Lean analysis of a pediatric intensive care unit physician group rounding process to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Vats, Atul ^a   Goin, Kristin H ^b   Fortenberry, James D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

bedside rounding; intensive care; lean analysis; pediatric; process improvement; workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 79960758401     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe2e3c     Document Type: Article

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