Reducing patient placement errors in emergency department admissions: Right patient, right bed

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 687-692

  Rathlev, Niels K ^a   Bryson, Christine ^a   Samra, Patty ^a   Garreffi, Lynn ^a   Li, Haiping ^a   Geld, Bonnie ^a   Wu, Roger Y ^b   Visintainer, Paul ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGER; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT PLACEMENT ERROR; PATIENT PLACEMENT MANAGER; PILOT STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; ADULT; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT HANDOFF; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84907677400     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.5.21663     Document Type: Article

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