Physician-led team triage based on lean principles may be superior for efficiency and quality? A comparison of three emergency departments with different triage models

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Burström, Lena ^a   Nordberg, Martin ^b   Örnung, Göran ^c   Castrén, Maaret ^b   Wiklund, Tony ^a   Engström, Marie Louise ^a   Enlund, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Efficiency indicators; Emergency department; Emergency physicians; Lean principles; Mortality; Nurse; Quality indicators; Teamtriage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865062103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-57     Document Type: Review

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