Reliability of electronic recording of waiting times in the emergency department: A prospective multicenter study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 366-369

  Gorlicki, Judith ^a,e   Raynal, Pierre Alexis ^b,e   Leleu, Agathe ^c,f   Riou, Bruno ^a,e   Ray, Patrick ^d,e   Freund, Yonathan ^a,e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

agreement; Bland and Altman; waiting times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONICALLY RETRIEVED WAITING TIME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; TIME; WAITING TIME; WATCHFUL WAITING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84941024322     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000232     Document Type: Article

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