Impact of physician screening in the emergency department on patient flow

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-515

  Soremekun, Olanrewaju A ^a   Capp, Roberta ^b   Biddinger, Paul D ^c   White, Benjamin A ^c   Chang, Yuchiao ^c   Carignan, Sarah B ^c   Brown, David F M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; physician triage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; WORKFLOW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84866110013     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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