Development of key performance indicators for emergency departments in Ireland using an electronic modified-Delphi consensus approach

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-114

  Wakai, Abel ^a   O'Sullivan, Ronan ^b,c   Staunton, Paul ^d   Walsh, Cathal ^e   Hickey, Fergal ^f   Plunkett, Patrick K ^g  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f SLIGO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; emergency departments; emergency medicine; key performance indicators; performance indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MODIFIED DELPHI CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874941746     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328351e5d8     Document Type: Article

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