Improving Operating Room Turnover Time: A Systems Based Approach

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Bhatt, Ankeet S ^a,b   Carlson, Grant W ^c   Deckers, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal integration; Operating room; Systems based practice; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURNOVER TIME; VASCULAR SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84919897388     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0148-4     Document Type: Article

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