Application of lean principles to improve early cardiac care in the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-332

  Piggott, Zoë ^a   Weldon, Erin ^a   Strome, Trevor ^a,b   Chochinov, Alecs ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Lean principles; Process improvement; Time to acetylsalicylic acid administration; Time to electrocardiogram; Time to physician assessment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CARDIAC CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANITOBA; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 80054107482     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.110284     Document Type: Article

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