Measuring the use of examination room time in oncology clinics: A novel approach to assessing clinic efficiency and patient flow

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e385-e389

  Hamel, Lauren M ^a,b   Chapman, Robert ^a   Eggly, Susan ^a   Penner, Louis A ^a   Tkatch, Rifky ^a   Vichich, Jennifer ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME; URBAN AREA; VIDEORECORDING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BED OCCUPANCY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84911906208     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001359     Document Type: Article

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