Medical service redesign shares the load saving 6000 bed days and improving morale

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 785-790

  Toomath, R ^a   Szecket, N ^a   Nahill, A ^a   Denison, T ^b   Spriggs, D ^a   Lay, C ^b   Wilkinson, L ^a   Poole, P ^c   Jordan, A ^a   Lees, J ^b   Millner, S ^a   Snow, B ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Duty hour work hour; Healthcare quality improvement; Hospital medicine; Lean management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKSHOP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MORALITY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORALE; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84905188717     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12477     Document Type: Article

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