Operating room data management: Improving efficiency and safety in a surgical block

BMC Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Agnoletti, Vanni ^a   Buccioli, Matteo ^a   Padovani, Emanuele ^b   Corso, Ruggero M ^a   Perger, Peter ^b   Piraccini, Emanuele ^a   Orelli, Rebecca Levy ^b   Maitan, Stefano ^a   Dell'Amore, Davide ^a   Garcea, Domenico ^a   Vicini, Claudio ^a   Montella, Teresa Maria ^c   Gambale, Giorgio ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Indicators; Management; Operating room; Outcomes; Safety; Surgical path; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SAFETY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874812514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-7     Document Type: Article

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