Scribes in an Australian private emergency department: A description of physician productivity

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 543-548

  Walker, Katherine ^a   Ben Meir, Michael ^a   O'Mullane, Phebe ^a   Phillips, David ^b   Staples, Margaret ^a  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor's assistant; Efficiency; Emergency medicine; Organisational; Performance indicator; Scribe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924492912     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12314     Document Type: Article

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