Lack of utility of a decision support system to mitigate delays in admission from the operating room to the postanesthesia care unit

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1444-1452

  Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a,b   Dexter, Franklin ^c   Rothman, Brian S ^a   Minton, Betty Sue ^d   Johnson, Diane ^d   Sandberg, Warren S ^d   Epstein, Richard H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARGE NURSE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84889049883     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a8b0bd     Document Type: Article

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