Variability of subspecialty-specific anesthesia-controlled times at two academic institutions

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kodali, Bhavani Shankar ^a   Kim, K Dennie ^a   Flanagan, Hugh ^a   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^b   Urman, Richard D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia controlled time; OR benchmarks; OR efficiency; OR management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA CONTROLLED TIME; ARTICLE; BURN; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROSURGERY; ONCOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PAIN CLINIC; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; UROLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892706595     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0011-7     Document Type: Article

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