A brief history of evidence-based operating room management: Then and now

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-11

  Dexter, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; COOPERATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SKILL; SURGEON;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BED OCCUPANCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863001203     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824cba97     Document Type: Editorial

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